Forme de Curtet
PearForme de Curtet
Origin/History
A gain of Van Mons.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small; exactly turbinate in form.
Skin: Fine and thin. Bright green in the unripe state, sprinkled with very small grayish-green dots. Changes on ripening to lemon-yellow, lightly tinged with red.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, semi-fine and breaking. Juice sufficient; sweet and slightly perfumed.
Quality: Second class.
Season
September and October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Mas Pom. Gen. 3:9, fig. 101 (1878).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Forme de Curtet.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 3:9, fig. 101. 1878.
A gain of Van Mons. Fruit small, exactly turbinate; skin fine, thin, bright green, sprinkled with very small grayish-green dots, changes on ripening to lemon-yellow, lightly tinged with red; flesh white, semi-fine and breaking; juice sufficient, sweet, slightly perfumed; second; Sept. and Oct.