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Goldbirne

Pear

Goldbirne

Origin/History

Austrian origin, documented in cultivation by 1851. Historical references in Christ's Handbook (1817) and Dochnahl's Fruit Guide (1856).

Fruit

Size and Form: Small, conic form.

Skin: Thin, beautiful light yellow with light red blush.

Flesh and Flavor: Semi-breaking, sweet, with muscatel flavor. Quality rated best.

Season

Beginning of October.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Goldbirne.

  1. Christ Handb. 544. 1817.
  2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:48. 1856.

Austrian, 1851.

Fruit small, conic, beautiful light yellow; skin thin, light red blush; flesh semi-breaking, sweet, with muscatel flavor; best; beginning of Oct.

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