Franchipanne
PearFranchipanne
Origin/History
The origin is uncertain. This is the Franchipanne of Duhamel (1768) but not of Merlet (1690), a distinction established by Hogg and Leroy. The variety's perfume is supposed to resemble Frangipani, a scent invented by the Marquis of that name.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or above; obtuse-pyriform.
Skin: Yellowish-green or lemon-yellow, dotted and veined with russet; dark deep red next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: Greenish-white; semi-fine and semi-melting; juicy, tender, buttery.
Season
October and November.
Uses
Dessert pear.
Tree
Not described in source.
Sources cited in original:
- Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers 2:210, Pl. XLVII, fig. 2 (1768)
- Hogg, Fruit Manual 582 (1884)
- Leroy, Dictionnaire Pomologique 2:196, fig. (1869)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Franchipanne.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:210, Pl. XLVII, fig. 2. 1768.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 582. 1884. Frangipane. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:196, fig. 1869.
This is the Franchipanne of Duhamel but not of Merlet, 1690, as Hogg and Leroy prove. Its origin is uncertain. Fruit medium or above, obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green or lemon-yellow, dotted and veined with russet, dark deep red next the sun; flesh greenish-white, semi-fine and semi-melting, juicy, tender, buttery, perfume supposed to resemble Frangipani, a scent invented by the Marquis of that name; a dessert pear; Oct. and Nov.