Delices d'Hardenpont du Nord and Belgium

Pear

Origin / History Foreign origin. Historical details not described in source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, pyriform.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Small.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow, gray spotted.

Flesh and Flavor: Coarse, melting, sugary; flavor rated as "good."

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season October.

Uses Promises to become valuable.

Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

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Delices d'Hardenpont du Nord and Belgium. Fondante Pariselle du Cornice Horticule, | Beurre Curtet, if A. Leroy. Foreign. Fruit, large, pyriform, yellow, gray spotted ; calyx, small ; flesh, coarse, melting, sugary, "good." October. Promises to become valuable.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Beurre Curtet Fondante Pariselle du Cornice Horticule COMTE DE LAMY Lamy Colmar Neill Notaire Minot