Frankfurter Birne

Pear

Frankfurter Birne

Origin/History

Baden, Germany, 1847. Originally documented by Dochnahl in Fuhr. Obstkunde, vol. 2, p. 145 (1856).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Variable, often oblique.

Skin: Dirty yellow; brilliant red on the sun-touched side.

Flesh: Breaking, coarse-grained, very sweet and juicy.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Quality: Good.

Season

September.

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)

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Frankfurter Birne.

Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:145. 1856.

Baden, Germany, 1847.

Fruit large, variable in form, often oblique, dirty yellow, brilliant red on the sun-touched side; flesh breaking, coarse-grained, very sweet and juicy; good; Sept.

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

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