Geishirtle

Origin/History First documented in Christ's Handbook (1817). The specific circumstances and geographic origin are not detailed in the source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Size: Large, shaped like Winter Rousselet.

Skin: Green with brownish-red blush on the sun-touched side.

Flesh and Flavor: Soft, breaking, sweet, juicy, with perfume of the Rousselets.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Texture: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season August.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

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Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Christ's Handbook (1817).