Favorite Morel
PearFavorite Morel
Origin / History
Obtained from a seed of Bartlett by M. Morel, a nurseryman at Lyons, France, in 1874. Listed as no. 1876 in the Guide Prat.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Rather large.
Form: Obtuse-pyriform, suggesting in form a long Bartlett, somewhat bossed in outline.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: A little rough, passing from greenish-yellow to golden-yellow, mottled with fawn.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: White, fine, melting, compact, juicy, fresh, vinous, acidulous. Quality first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Described by U.P. Hedrick in The Pears of New York (1921).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Favorite Morel. 1. Guide Prat. no. 1876.
Obtained from a seed of Bartlett by M. Morel, a nurseryman at Lyons, Fr., in 1874. Fruit rather large, obtuse-pyriform, suggesting in form a long Bartlett, somewhat bossed in outline; skin a little rough, passing from greenish-yellow to golden-yellow, mottled with fawn; flesh white, fine, melting, compact, juicy, fresh, vinous, acidulous; first; Oct.