Delices de la Meuse
PearDelices de la Meuse
Origin and History
Sent out in 1850 by Laurent de Bavay, Director of the Royal Nurseries of Vilvorde, near Brussels.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium and above.
Form: Ovate, irregular, bossed; more enlarged on one side than the other.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, very finely speckled with green and brown dots.
Flesh: Dirty white, coarse, breaking, gritty at center.
Flavor and Juice: Juice variable in amount; moderately sweet, acid, musky.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity and Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
February.
Uses
Not described in source.
Quality Classification
Second — indicating a mid-tier dessert/culinary pear.
Other
References: Field Pear Cult. 279 (1858); Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:16, fig. (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Delices de la Meuse.
- Field Pear Cult. 279. 1858.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:16, fig. 1869.
Laurent de Bavay, Director of the Royal Nurseries of Vilvorde, near Brussels, sent this pear out in 1850. Fruit medium and above, ovate, irregular, bossed, more enlarged on one side than the other, greenish-yellow, very finely speckled with green and brown dots; flesh dirty white, coarse, breaking, gritty at center; juice variable in amount, moderately sweet, acid, musky; second; Feb.