Foxley Pear
PearFoxley Pear
Origin/History: Not described in source.
Tree: Not described in source.
Fruit
- Size and 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: Yellowish brown; rather gritty.
- Flesh/Flavor: Extremely pleasant and rather high flavored; vinous, resembling the Galston Moor-fowl Egg.
- Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season: November.
Uses: Believed to produce superior liquor if ground and pressed, potentially finer than any previously obtained from pears or apples.
Subtypes and Variants: Not described in source.
Source: Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885).
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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.