Fusee d'Automne
PearFusee d'Automne
Origin / History
Origin ancient and obscure, but probably the neighborhood of Eisleben, Saxony. The variety is listed in U.P. Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921) and is cited to Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie, volume 2, page 203, with figures, 1869.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit often above medium and often much less.
Form: Fruit very long, conic, and bossed.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Golden-yellow or clear yellow, rather greenish.
Dots: Dotted with russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh whitish, semi-fine and semi-melting, exempt from grit. Juice rather lacking, sweet. Quality third.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Sept.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Fusee d'Automne. i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:203, figs. 1869. Origin ancient and obscure, but probably the neighborhood of Eisleben, Saxony. Fruit often above medium and often much less, very long, conic, bossed, golden-yellow or clear yellow, rather greenish, dotted with russet; flesh whitish, semi-fine and semi-melting, exempt from grit; juice rather lacking, sweet; third; Sept.