Fin Juillet

Pear

Fin Juillet

Origin/History

Created by M. Hérault of Angers, France, from a cross of Beurré Giffard and Joyau de Septembre in 1879. Published in Revue Horticole, 1898.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium. Turbinate, ovate, enlarged at center.

Skin: Russeted all over.

Flesh and Flavor: Fine, very melting, rather subject to mellowness. Excessively juicy, very sugary, slightly acidulous, with a delicate, musky savor. Quality: good.

Season

August.

Tree

Not described in source.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core/Seeds

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Fin Juillet.

i. Rev. Hort. 477, fig. 169. 1898.

Obtained by M. Hérault, Angers, Fr., from Beurré Giffard crossed with Joyau de Septembre in 1879. Fruit medium, turbinate, ovate, enlarged at center, russeted all over; flesh fine, very melting, rather subject to mellowness, excessively juicy, very sugary, slightly acidulous and with a delicate, musky savor; good; Aug.

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