Foxley Pear
PearFoxley Pear
Origin / History
Listed in The Herefordshire Pomona, published in 1885 by the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: "Yellowish brown, rather gritty, but extremely pleasant and rather high flavoured. Vinous like the Galston Moor-fowl Egg."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Season, November.
Uses
The remarks appended to the description state that, if the fruit were ground and pressed, it would afford a finer liquor than ever has yet been obtained from the Pear or Apple.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
The remarks appended to the description state that the description corresponds very accurately with the author's notes.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)Foxley Pear.
Yellowish brown, rather gritty, but extremely pleasant and rather high flavoured. Vinous like the Galston Moor-fowl Egg. Season, November.
Remarks.—This description corresponds very accurately with my notes. I believe, if it were ground and pressed, it would afford a finer liquor than ever has yet been obtained from the Pear or Apple.