Fourcroy

Pear

Fourcroy

Origin / History

Raised by Van Mons about 1810. Figured and described by Leroy in his Dictionnaire Pomologique, volume 2, page 192, in 1869.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Ovate-pyriform.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Thick, rather rough to the touch. Yellow or yellowish-green.

Dots: Covered with gray-russet dots.

Flesh and flavor: White, very sugary, agreeably perfumed. Good and sometimes first.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Winter.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1845) from Massachusetts

Winship's Nursery (Brighton Nurseries , operated by the Winship family), Brighton (Boston) , Massachusetts — 1845

View original book sources (1)

Fourcroy.

i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:192, fig. 1869.

Raised by Van Mons about 1810. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin thick, rather rough to the touch, yellow or yellowish-green, covered with gray-russet dots; flesh white, very sugary, agreeably perfumed; good and sometimes first; winter.

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

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