Fin Or D'Ete'

Pear

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

Fin Or D'Été (Fine Gold of Summer)

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Very productive. Not otherwise described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Small, roundish.

Skin: Yellow with a beautiful red cheek. (Downing describes the cheek as "beautiful"; Thomas concurs on yellow with red cheek.)

Flesh/Flavor: Juicy, of good flavor, but not rich.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Ripens middle of August (Downing). Thomas gives August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 3 period pomological works

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FINE GOLD OF SUMMER.

Fin Or d'Été.

Fruit small, roundish, yellow, with a beautiful red cheek. Flesh juicy, good flavor, not rich. Very productive. Good. Middle of August.

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

Fine Gold of Summer. Small, roundish, yellow with a red cheek; juicy, good, not rich. August.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Fin Or D'Ete,' Or Fine Gold Of Summer Fine Gold of Summer Or Fine Gold Of Summer Zoé Zoar Beauty Skinless Marie Louise Rousselet Hatif Early Catharine Zephirin Gregoire Zephirin Louis Zephirin Louis Gregoire Zimmtfarbige Schmalzbirne Early Summer Bergamot White Doyenné Beurré de Bordeaux Summer Franc Real Clara Bezi de Montigny Gerardine Bergamotte d'Été Verte Longue, Mouille Bouche Jargonelle (French) Sainte Anne Fin-Or d'Orléans Verte longue Verte Longue Panachée, Striped Long Green Long Green Zoar Seedling Doyenne White Long Green, of Coxe St. Dorothee Sans Peau Sapieganka Bergamot, Hampden's Franc Real d'Été