De Duvergnies
PearDe Duvergnies
Origin / History
Originated by Van Mons, and fruited in 1821. Downing described this pear under the name Delices Van Mons and gave Delices de Mons as a synonym. Because both names are also applied to Viconte de Spoelberg, a very different variety, the name originally given by Van Mons is preferred. The variety is cited in Gardeners' Chronicle (1863), in Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie, volume 2, page 119, with a figure (1869), in the German work under the heading Kostliche Van Mons, and in Dochnahl's Fuhrer durch die Obstkunde, volume 2, page 124 (1856).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium and often larger.
Form: Obtuse, long-ovate, regular and bold in contour. Surface uneven, slightly constricted near the top, and slightly mammillate.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Thin, rough to the touch. Ground color lemon-yellow, dotted all over with greenish-gray, generally vermilioned on the cheek exposed to the sun.
Dots: Dotted all over with greenish-gray.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting, granular around the core. Juice abundant, saccharine, vinous, sourish, with a peculiar and delicious aroma. Quality given as first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Oct.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1849) from Massachusetts
- Hovey & Co. , Cambridge , Massachusetts — 1849 — listed as Delices de Mons
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)De Duvergnies.
- Card. Chron. 463. 1863. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:119, fig. 1869. Kostliche Van Mons. 3. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:124. 1856.
Originated by Van Mons; fruited in 1821. Downing describes this pear under the name Delices Van Mons and gives as a synonym Delices de Mons, but since these names are also synonyms of Viconte de Spoelberg, a very different variety, the name originally given by Van Mons is to be preferred.
Fruit medium and often larger, obtuse, long-ovate, regular and bold in contour; surface uneven, slightly constricted near the top, and slightly mammillate; skin thin, rough to the touch, lemon-yellow, dotted all over with greenish-gray, generally vermilioned on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting, granular around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, vinous, sourish, with a peculiar and delicious aroma; first; Oct.