Fondante du Panisel
PearFondante du Panisel
Origin / History
Raised about 1762 by the Abbé Hardenpont, Mons, Belgium. Published in 1865 in Pomologie de la France (volume 3, number 92, plate 92) as Fondante du Panisel. Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie (1869, volume 2, page 13, figure 1) gave the variety under the name "Délices d'Hardenpont d'Angers." Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884, page 558) gave it as "Délices d'Angers." Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921) lists it with the quality rating "very good."
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium to large.
Form: Globular or conic-ovate.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Rough, thick, tender, green, almost entirely covered with marblings of olive-gray and dark green. The basic green changes to golden-yellow, and the stains to a russet-fawn on the side of the sun.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Citrine, fine or semi-fine, melting, very juicy, with a sugary flavor and a very agreeable perfume. Quality very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Nov. and Dec.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Fondante du Panisel.
- Pom. France 3:No. 92, Pl. 92. 1865. Delices d'Hardenpont d'Angers. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:13, fig. 1869. Delices d'Angers. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 558. 1884. Raised about 1762 by the Abbé Hardenpont, Mons, Bel. Fruit medium to large, globular or conic-ovate; skin rough, thick, tender, green, almost entirely covered with marblings of olive-gray and dark green, the basic green changing to golden-yellow, and the stains to a russet-fawn on the side of the sun; flesh citrine, fine or semi-fine, melting, very juicy, with a sugary flavor and a very agreeable perfume; very good; Nov. and Dec.