Graue Pelzbirne

Pear

Origin and History Austrian perry pear, referenced in Loschnig Mostbirnen, vol. 158, fig. 1913.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium
Form: Turbinate, inclining to pyriform
Skin: Firm, rough; yellow ground when ripe with cinnamon-brown-russet marking and grayish-brown dots; blushed on the sun-exposed side
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid with very little aroma

Season October

Uses Perry pear

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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Graue Pelzbirne.

i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 158, fig. 1913.

An excellent Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining to pyriform; skin firm, rough, yellow ground when ripe, with cinnamon-brown-russet marking and grayish-brown dots, blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh whitish, coarse grained, very juicy, subacid, with very little aroma; Oct.

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

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