Fondante de Moulins-Lille
PearFondante de Moulins-Lille
Origin / History
Obtained in 1858 by M. Grolez-Duriez, Rouchin-lez-Lille, France, from a seed of the pear Napoleon.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Above medium.
Form: Obtuse-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale greenish-yellow.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: White, coarse, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, with a delicious flavor. Quality rated first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Nov.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Figured in Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie, 2:178, fig., 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Fondante de Moulins-Lille.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:178, fig. 1869.
Obtained in 1858 by M. Grolez-Duriez, Rouchin-lez-Lille, Fr., from a seed of the pear Napoleon.
Fruit above medium, obtuse-pyriform, pale greenish-yellow; flesh white, coarse, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, with a delicious flavor; first; Nov.