Georges Delebecque
PearGeorges Delebecque
Origin / History
Raised from seed of Josephine de Malines and distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Belgium. Described in the Guide Prat, page 104, 1895.
Tree
Tree of moderate vigor and very fertile.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Fruit having some resemblance to Urbaniste.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, bronzed around the stem.
Dots: Dotted with fawn.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh sometimes very salmon-colored, melting, with a slight perfume of rose. A good pear for the amateur.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Dec. and Jan.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Georges Delebecque.
i. Guide Prat. 104. 1895.
Raised from seed of Josephine de Malines and distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel.
Fruit medium, having some resemblance to Urbaniste, yellow, dotted with fawn and bronzed around the stem; flesh sometimes very salmon-colored, melting, with a slight perfume of rose; a good pear for the amateur; tree of moderate vigor and very fertile; Dec. and Jan.