Duc d'Aumale
PearDuc d'Aumale
Origin/History
A seedling raised at the Van Mons nursery at Louvain, where it first fruited in 1847. Downing identifies the raiser as Gedeon Paridant. Referenced in Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:91 (1869) and Hogg, Fruit Man. 568 (1884).
Tree
Of vigorous growth and productive habit. Young wood is reddish yellow-brown (Downing).
Fruit
Size: Downing describes the fruit as medium; Hedrick describes it as small.
Form: Slightly obtuse pyriform (Downing); turbinate-obtuse-pyriform (Hedrick).
Stem: Rather long, a little curved (Downing).
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Large, open (Downing).
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Downing describes the skin as pale yellow, shaded and marbled with brownish red on the sun-exposed side, with slight netting, patches of russet, and many russet dots. Hedrick describes it as rough, greenish-yellow, mottled all over with cinnamon-colored russet.
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh whitish. Downing describes it as juicy, sweet, and aromatic, rating quality good to very good. Hedrick describes it as melting and juicy, sugary, acidulous, and perfumed, rating it first quality.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September (Downing); September and October (Hedrick).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Duc d'Aumale.
Gedeon Paridant.
A seedling of Van Mons', of vigorous growth and productive habit, young wood reddish yellow brown.
Fruit medium, slightly obtuse pyriform. Skin pale yellow, shaded and marbled with brownish red in the sun, slight netting and patches of russet, and many russet dots. Stalk rather long, a little curved. Calyx large, open. Flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, aromatic. Good to very good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Duc d'Aumale.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:91, fig. 1869.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 1884. A product of the Van Mons nursery at Louvain where it first fruited in 1847. Fruit small, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough, greenish-yellow mottled all over with cinnamon-colored russet; flesh whitish, melting and juicy, sugary, acidulous, perfumed; first; Sept. and Oct.