Georges Delebecque

Pear

Georges Delebecque

Origin/History

Raised from seed of Josephine de Malines and distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Belgium. First recorded in Guide Prat. (1895).

Tree

Moderate vigor, very fertile.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Has 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, dotted with fawn, bronzed around the stem

Flesh/Flavor: Sometimes very salmon-colored, melting, with a slight perfume of rose

Core/Seeds: Not described in source

Season

December and January

Uses

A good pear for the amateur.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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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.

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