Garden Pear
PearGarden Pear
French name: Poire du Jardin
Origin/History
An old variety, valued for cooking.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large
Form: Roundish obovate
Skin: Yellow or yellow green, with a blush of broken stripes, red in sun
Flesh: Rather coarse, gritty at the core, sweet
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.
Core/Seeds: Gritty at the core.
Season
December
Uses
Cooking
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Garden Pear.
Poire du Jardin.
An old variety, valued for cooking.
Fruit large, roundish obovate, yellow or yellow green, with a blush of broken stripes, red in sun. Flesh rather coarse, gritty at the core, sweet. December.
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