Docteur Lentier
PearOrigin/History
A Belgian pear, raised from seed sown in 1847 by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant, and named after M. Lentier, a physician.
Tree
Vigorous and productive. Young shoots olive brown (Downing).
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Obovate, sometimes acute pyriform (Downing). Ovate, somewhat elongated (Hedrick). Pyriform (Elliott, Thomas).
Skin: Smooth (Hedrick). Greenish or pale yellow, with traces and patches of russet, especially next the stalk, sometimes a shade of crimson in the sun, and sprinkled with minute brown dots (Downing). Greenish or lemon-yellow, splashed and dotted with cinnamon-russet (Hedrick). Bright green, becoming slightly yellow at maturity (Elliott). Greenish-yellow (Thomas).
Stem: Varying, set without depression (Downing).
Calyx: Partially closed (Downing).
Basin: Small (Downing).
Flesh: Yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant (Downing). Whitish, fine-grained, tender, buttery, melting, juicy, exceedingly rich, sweet and perfumed (Hedrick). Fine, melting, buttery, juice abundant, sugary, and deliciously perfumed (Elliott). Buttery, juicy, perfumed (Thomas).
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Quality: Good (Downing, Thomas). First quality, of the highest merit (Hedrick).
Season
September, October (Downing). October (Hedrick). End of October and November (Elliott). November (Thomas).
Uses
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)DOCTEUR LENTIER.
Doctor Lenthier.
A Belgian Pear, originated about 1847, and named after M. Lentier, a physician. Tree vigorous, productive. Young shoots olive brown.
Fruit medium, obovate, sometimes acute pyriform. Skin greenish or pale yellow, with traces and patches of russet, especially next the stalk, sometimes a shade of crimson in the sun, and sprinkled with minute brown dots. Stalk varying, set without depression. Calyx partially closed. Basin small. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. September, October.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Docteur Lentier.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:37, fig. 1869.
- Guide Prat. 74, 256. 1895.
From seed sown in 1847 by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant.
Fruit medium, ovate, somewhat elongated, smooth, greenish or lemon-yellow, splashed and dotted with cinnamon-russet; flesh whitish, fine-grained, tender, buttery, melting, juicy, exceedingly rich, sweet and perfumed; first, of the highest merit; Oct.
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Docteur Lentier.
Foreign. Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, medium, pyriform ; skin, bright green, becoming slightly yellow at maturity; flesh, fine, melting, buttery, juice abundant, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. Mature at the end of October and November. (An. Pom.)
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Docteur Lentier. Medium, pyriform, greenish-yellow; buttery, juicy, perfumed, good. November.