Esturion
PearEsturion
Origin / History
Downing calls Esturion a foreign variety; Hedrick gives the origin as unknown. Hedrick cites Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, p. 759 (1869), and Mas, Pomologie Générale, vol. 6, p. 41, fig. 405 (1880).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small (Downing); rather small (Hedrick).
Form: Conic (Hedrick); obovate pyriform (Downing).
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale green changing to yellow, tinged with light red on the side of the sun (Hedrick); yellow, shaded with crimson in the sun (Downing). Russet around the calyx (Downing).
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Downing: flesh white, coarse, not juicy, "hardly good". Hedrick: flesh yellowish, fine, melting; juice abundant, sweet and perfumed.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September (Downing).
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)Esturion.
A foreign variety.
Fruit small, obovate pyriform, yellow, shaded with crimson in the sun, russet around the calyx. Flesh white, coarse, not juicy, hardly good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Esturion.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 6:41, fig. 405. 1880.
Origin unknown. Fruit rather small, conic, pale green changing to yellow, tinged with light red on the side of the sun; flesh yellowish, fine, melting; juice abundant, sweet and perfumed.