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Docteur P. Bruzon

Pear

Docteur P. Bruzon

Origin/History Placed on the market as a new variety in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, France.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: Very large.
  • Skin: Greenish-yellow, dotted and mottled with russet.
  • Flesh and Flavor: White, semi-fine but very juicy, very melting, sugary, pleasantly perfumed. Quality rated good.
  • Form, Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season September.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Rev. Hort. 463 (1906).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Docteur P. Bruzon.

  1. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906.

Placed on the market as a new variety in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr. Fruit very large, greenish-yellow, dotted and mottled with russet; flesh white, semi-fine but very juicy, very melting, sugary, pleasantly perfumed; good; Sept.

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