Giffard

Pear

USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection

Giffard

Origin/History
France

Tree
Shoots slender, reddish purple. Growth straggling.

Fruit
Medium in size. Form pyriform (pear-shaped), slightly Bosc-shaped but shorter. Skin greenish-yellow, marbled with red on the sunny side. Stalk rather long. Calyx closed. Basin small. Flesh juicy, melting, slightly vinous, and exceedingly agreeable in flavor.

Season
Middle of August.

Uses
Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.

Other
Referenced as Fig. 687 in Thomas's original work.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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Giffard.* Medium, pyriform, slightly Bosc-shaped, but shorter; skin greenish-yellow, marbled red on the sunny side; stalk rather long, calyx closed, basin small; flesh juicy, melting, slightly vinous, exceedingly agreeable. Middle of August. Shoots slender, reddish purple, growth straggling. Fig. 687. France.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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