Duchesse Hybrid

Pear

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Form: Resembles Kieffer
Skin: Lemon-yellow
Flesh: Coarse; quality poor

Season

October

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Duchesse Hybrid, i. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:481. 1913. Form resembles Kieffer, lemon-yellow; flesh coarse; poor; Oct.

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