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Docteur Bourgeois

Pear

Docteur Bourgeois

Origin/History

Obtained by M. Sannier of Rouen, France. Reference: Guide Prat. 62. 1895.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Apple-shaped

Skin: Lemon-yellow

Flesh: Fine, somewhat granular at center, juicy, with agreeable perfume

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

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Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Docteur Bourgeois.

  1. Guide Prat. 62. 1895.

Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr.

Fruit medium, apple-shaped, lemon-yellow; flesh fine, somewhat granular at center, juicy, with agreeable perfume.

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