Felix de Liem
PearFelix de Liem
Origin and History
A posthumous variety derived from the seedlings of Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, introduced in 1853.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium; turbinate in form, generally obtuse.
Color and Surface: Greenish-yellow ground color, very much mottled with dirty or dusky brown. Much speckled with bronze-russet on the side next the sun; some traces of crimson streaks present.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish in color; fine-textured, melting, juicy, sugary, slightly perfumed.
Quality Rating: Second class.
Season
Early November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
The variety is recorded in Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie (1869) and Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Felix de Liem.
i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:151, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869.
A posthumous variety from the seedlings of Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, 1853. Fruit below medium, turbinate, generally obtuse, greenish-yellow, very much mottled with dirty or dusky brown, much speckled bronze-russet on side next the sun and some traces of crimson streaks; flesh yellowish, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, slightly perfumed; second; early Nov.