Figueira

Pear

Figueira

Origin and History

A variety introduced as new in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, France.

Fruit

Size: good size.

Form: rather the form of a large fig.

Skin: brilliant yellow, colored with purple on the side of the sun.

Appearance: magnificent.

Flesh: very white, fine, melting, juicy, very sugary, with an agreeable perfume.

Season

July and August.

Quality

First quality; one of the best of the season.

Tree

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Figueira.

i. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906.

A variety introduced as new in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr. Fruit of good size, having rather the form of a large fig, brilliant yellow, colored with purple on the side of the sun, of magnificent appearance; flesh very white, fine, melting, juicy, very sugary, with an agreeable perfume; first, one of the best of the season; July and Aug.

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