Epargne
Pear
Origin/History Not described in source.
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Long-shaped pear, below the ordinary size, diminishing gradually towards the stem.
Stem: About an inch in length, large, and planted rather on one side.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Crown is not hollowed.
Skin: Greenish cast, blotched with spots of fawn color, and sometimes with a little blush.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh is melting; juice is sprightly and agreeable.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season Ripens about the beginning of August.
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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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- EPARGNE.
This is a pear of a long shape, below the ordinary size, diminishing gradually towards the stem, which is about an inch in length, large, and planted rather on one side; the crown is not hollowed; the skin is of a greenish cast, blotched with spots of a fawn colour, and sometimes with a little blush; the flesh is melting; the juice sprightly and agreeable; it ripens about the beginning of August.