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Grosse Poire de Vitrier

Pear

Grosse Poire de Vitrier

Origin/History

Documented in Prince's Pomological Manual (1:107), 1831.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Turbinate (pear-shaped).

Skin: Yellow with red blush.

Flavor: Perfumed.

Flesh: Not described in source.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November and December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Grosse Poire de Vitrier. i. Prince Pom. Man. 1:107. 1831. Fruit large, turbinate, yellow, with red blush, perfumed; Nov. and Dec.

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