Doyenné de Lorraine
PearDoyenné de Lorraine
Origin / History
Received by Diel, the eminent German pomologist, from a nurseryman at Metz under the name Doyenné d'Austrasie, by which it is mostly known to German authors. Described in Mas, Pom. Gen., vol. 4, pp. 17 and 201, 1879.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Globular, depressed at each pole.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Water-green, becoming bright citron-yellow when ripe and golden on the side next the sun, or sometimes washed with red.
Dots: Gray-brown.
Flesh and flavor: White, semi-fine, semi-buttery. Juice plentiful, sweet and slightly perfumed. Quality good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Sept. and Oct.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Doyenné de Lorraine.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 4:17, 201. 1879.
Received by Diel, the eminent German pomologist, from a nurseryman at Metz under the name of Doyenné d'Austrasie by which it is mostly known to German authors.
Fruit medium, globular, depressed at each pole, water-green, with gray-brown dots, bright citron-yellow when ripe and golden on the side next the sun or sometimes washed with red; flesh white, semi-fine, semi-buttery; juice plentiful, sweet and slightly perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct.