Doctor Engelbrecht

Pear

Doctor Engelbrecht

Origin/History German variety, documented in Lauche's German Pomology (1882).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit Size: Rather large. Form: Pyriform-elongated. Surface: Nearly smooth, shining. Color: Green, clouded with greenish-yellow. Flesh: Yellowish-white, fine, softish, melting, sweet, vinous, with an agreeable cinnamon flavor.

Other fruit characteristics (stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, seeds): Not described in source.

Season Not described in source.

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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Doctor Engelbrecht.

Lauche Deut. Pom. 2:No. 70, Pl. 70. 1882. German. Fruit rather large, pyriform-elongated, nearly smooth, shining, green, clouded with greenish-yellow; flesh yellowish-white, fine, softish, melting, sweet, vinous, with an agreeable cinnamon flavor.

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