Gnoico
PearGnoico
Origin / History
Italian, with the place of its origin in the old principality of Parma. First published in Leroy's Diet. Pom., 2:229, with a figure, in 1869.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Below medium.
Form: Long, obtuse-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Whitish-gray on the shaded side, very clear dull green on the other face, washed occasionally with fawn around the stalk and partially covered with a light bluish efflorescence.
Dots: Dotted with russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh greenish-white, fine, dense, breaking or semi-breaking, watery, almost exempt from grit. Juice abundant and sugary, with a flavor of anis.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Aug.
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)Gnoico.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:229, fig. 1869.
Italian, with the place of its origin in the old principality of Parma. Fruit below medium, long, obtuse-pyriform, whitish-gray on the shaded side, very clear dull green on the other face, dotted with russet, washed occasionally with fawn around the stalk and partially covered with a light bluish efflorescence; flesh greenish-white, fine, dense, breaking or semi-breaking, watery, almost exempt from grit; juice abundant and sugary, with a flavor of anis; Aug.