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Famenga

Pear

Famenga

Origin/History

A foreign variety. Exhibited in 1843 by R. Manning of Salem, Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. (Hedrick, The Pears of New York, 1921.)

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Obovate.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Greenish yellow.

Flesh/Flavor: Not described in source.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Cited in: Massachusetts Horticultural Society Report, p. 59 (1844); Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, p. 759 (1869).

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Famenga.

A foreign variety.

Fruit medium, obovate, greenish yellow. September. (Elliott.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Famenga.

  1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 59. 1844. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869.

A foreign variety exhibited in 1843 by R. Manning, Salem, Mass. Fruit medium, obovate, greenish-yellow; Sept.

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