Gros Rousselet d'Août
PearGros Rousselet d'Août
Origin/History
A seedling of Van Mons, catalogued in 1823 (Downing). Of Belgian origin (Thomas).
Tree
Vigorous, of pyramidal form, very productive.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Pyriform.
Stem: Not described in sources.
Cavity: Not described in sources.
Calyx: Not described in sources.
Basin: Not described in sources.
Skin: Green, becoming golden yellow at maturity, shaded with russet and spotted with fawn.
Flesh/Flavor: Whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, and deliciously perfumed.
Season
Ripens in August.
Uses
Not described in sources.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in sources.
Other
All three sources cite the same underlying pomological authority (Annales de Pomologie, abbreviated "Al. Pom." in Downing and Elliott), accounting for the near-verbatim agreement between them. Thomas's entry is an abbreviated digest consistent with the fuller descriptions. Elliott describes the variety as "Foreign."
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Gros Rousselet d'Août.
A seedling of Van Mons. Catalogued in 1823. Tree vigorous, of pyramidal form, very productive.
Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin green, becoming golden yellow at maturity, shaded with russet and spotted with fawn. Flesh whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, deliciously perfumed. Ripens in August. (Al. Pom.)
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Gros Rousselet d'Aout.
Foreign. Tree, vigorous, of pyramidal form, very productive. Fruit, medium pyriform ; skin, green, becoming golden yellow at maturity, shaded with russet and spotted with fawn ; flesh, whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, deliciously perfumed. Ripens in August. (Al. Pom.)
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Gros Rousselet d'Août. Medium, pyriform, yellow; melting, juicy, vinous, perfumed. August. Belgian.