Excellente de Moine

Pear

Excellente de Moine

Origin and History

Distributed by Burgomaster Rossy of Schonburg, in Moravia, Austria, in 1835. Referenced in Mas Pomologie Générale 5:59, with illustration fig. 318 (1880).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium or rather large; globular-ovate.

Skin: Grass-green, dotted with gray-green specks.

Flesh: White, rather greenish especially just under the skin. Buttery, juicy, delicately perfumed.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Flavor and Quality: Good.

Season

Latter half of August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Excellente de Moine. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:59, fig. 318. 1880. Distributed by Burgomaster Rossy of Schonburg, in Moravia, Austria, in 1835. Fruit medium or rather large, globular-ovate, grass-green, dotted with gray-green specks; flesh white, rather greenish especially just under skin, buttery, juicy, delicately perfumed; good; latter half of August.

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