Docteur Meniere

Pear

Docteur Meniere

Origin and History

Raised from seed by André Leroy at Angers, France. Fruited first in 1864. First described in Leroy's Dictionnaire Pomologique (1869).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, cylindrical, slightly ovate.

Skin: Wrinkled, bright yellow, dotted with greenish-gray and partly covered with russet markings.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, slightly acid, with an agreeably-perfumed flavor.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and 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 Meniere.

Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:38, fig. 1869.

Raised from seed by André Leroy, Angers, Fr.; fruited first in 1864.

Fruit large, cylindrical, slightly ovate; skin wrinkled, bright yellow, dotted with greenish-gray and partly covered with russet markings; flesh whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, slightly acid, agreeably-perfumed flavor; Sept.

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