Gabourell Seedling

Pear

GABOURELL SEEDLING

Origin/History Originated in the early half of the nineteenth century. Documented by Leroy (1869) and Field Pear Culture (1858).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Below medium. Globular, bossed, mammillate.

Skin: Yellowish-green, speckled with gray dots.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish. Coarse, breaking, gritty. Juice rather lacking. Flavor sweet, vinous, slightly perfumed.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season November to January.

Quality Rating Third (pomological grade).

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Gabourell Seedling.

Field Pear Cult. 280. 1858.

Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:208, fig. 1869.

Originated in early half of last century.

Fruit below medium, globular, bossed, mammillate, yellowish-green, speckled with gray dots; flesh yellowish, coarse, breaking, gritty; juice rather lacking, sweet, vinous, slightly perfumed; third; Nov. to Jan.

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