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Gonnersche Birne

Pear

Origin/History From Hesse, Germany, 1806.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

  • Size: almost medium
  • Form: turbinate
  • Skin: light green changing to greenish-yellow, often with a rather pale blush
  • Flesh: granular and rather coarse
  • Quality: second

Season September

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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Gonnersche Birne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:28. 1856. Hesse, Ger., 1806. Fruit almost medium, turbinate, light green changing to greenish-yellow, often with a rather pale blush; flesh granular and rather coarse; second; Sept.

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