Gelbe Laurentiusbirne

Pear

Gelbe Laurentiusbirne

Origin/History

This pear was known in Saxony early in the nineteenth century. Known also as Saint-Laurent Jaune.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, conic, uniform in contour; largest diameter situated below the center.

Skin: Rather thick. At first green and sprinkled with dots of gray-green; changes at maturity to bright citron-yellow, golden on the side of the sun in fruits well exposed, washed with a blush of dull red.

Flesh: White, coarse, semi-breaking, gritty near the core, juicy, sweet, saccharine, but little flavor.

Quality: Second.

Season

August.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Gelbe Laurentiusbirne. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 218. 1889. Saint-Laurent Jaune. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:39, 212. 1879. This pear was known in Saxony early in the nineteenth century. Fruit medium, conic, uniform in contour, its largest diameter being below the center; skin rather thick, green at first sprinkled with dots of gray-green changing at maturity to bright citron-yellow, golden on the side of the sun of fruits well exposed, washed with a blush of dull red; flesh white, coarse, semi-breaking, gritty near the core, juicy, sweet, saccharine, but little flavor; second; Aug.

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

Saint-Laurent (P. de) Saint-Laurent Jaune