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General Thouvenin

Pear

General Thouvenin

Origin/History
Origin unknown.

Tree
Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium.

Skin: Greenish.

Flesh and Flavor: Rather yellow. Fine, melting, juicy, very sugary, and pleasantly perfumed.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season
December.

Uses
Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); cited from Guide Prat. 93 (1895).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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General Thouvenin.

  1. Guide Prat. 93. 1895.

Origin unknown. Fruit medium, greenish; flesh rather yellow, fine, melting, juicy, very sugary and pleasantly perfumed; Dec.

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