Grumkow
PearGrumkow
Origin/History
Discovered by M. Koberstein at Rugenwald, Basse-Pomerania, Prussia. Diel was first to describe the variety and placed its origin at approximately 1806.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium; very irregular, long, pyramidal, always obtuse, contorted and much waisted.
Skin: Pale green, sprinkled with a few gray specks; more or less colored with brown-red on the sunny side.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, fine, breaking or semi-breaking. Juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a musky flavor.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October to December.
Quality
Second.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:260, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Grumkow.
i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:260, fig. 1869.
Discovered by M. Koberstein at Rugenwald, Basse-Pomerania, Prussia. Diel, first to describe it, placed its origin at about 1806. Fruit medium, very irregular, long, pyramidal, always obtuse, contorted and much waisted, pale green, sprinkled with a few gray specks, more or less colored with brown-red on the sunny side; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, or semi-breaking; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a musky flavor; second; Oct. to Dec.