Docteur Benit

Pear

Origin/History

Raised from seed by Van Mons in 1840.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Below medium.

Form: Globular, larger on one side than the other.

Skin: Wrinkled, bronzed all over, dotted with bright grayish-green.

Flesh: Whitish, dense, semi-melting, veined with greenish-yellow.

Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient, rather sugary, vinous, slightly aromatic. Quality rated "third."

Season

December and January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Docteur Benit.

Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:31, fig. 1869.

Raised from seed by Van Mons in 1840. Fruit below medium, globular, larger on one side than the other, wrinkled, bronzed all over, dotted with bright grayish-green; flesh whitish, dense, semi-melting, veined with greenish-yellow; juice sufficient, rather sugary, vinous, slightly aromatic; third; Dec. and Jan.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)