Duchesse d'Angoulême Bronzée
PearDuchesse d'Angoulême Bronzée
Origin / History
Duchesse d'Angoulême Bronzée is a sub-variety of Duchesse d'Angoulême. It was found in a garden of M. Weber at Dijon, France, and introduced in 1873. The variety is listed in the Guide Pratique, no. 1876, and in the Report of the American Pomological Society, 1920, page 135.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large to very large.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Differs from the type of Duchesse d'Angoulême by its skin being redbrown or bronze, this feature being perfectly constant.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh fine, melting, juicy, and sugary. Quality rated first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens from October to December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Duchesse d'Angoulême Bronzée is a sub-variety of Duchesse d'Angoulême, distinguished from that type by its redbrown or bronze skin.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Duchesse d'Angoulême Bronzée.
- Guide Prat. no. 1876. Duchess Bronze. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
A sub-variety of Duchesse d'Angoulême found in a garden of M. Weber, Dijon, Fr., and introduced in 1873. Fruit large to very large, differs from type by its skin being redbrown or bronze, this feature being perfectly constant; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sugary; first; Oct. to Dec.