Gustave Bourgogne

Pear

Origin/History

Gained by Van Mons at Louvain about 1840.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large or medium, turbinate-ovate, flattened at both poles.

Skin: Whitish-green, speckled with fine fawn dots; some bronze-green on the side next the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: White, semi-fine, almost melting. Juice very abundant and sugary, delicately perfumed, refreshing, and agreeable.

Season

September.

Uses

Second for both eating and cooking.

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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Gustave Bourgogne. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:262, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 776. 1869. Gained by Van Mons at Louvain about 1840. Fruit large or medium, turbinate-ovate, flattened at both poles, whitish-green, speckled with fine fawn dots, some bronze-green on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, almost melting; juice very abundant and sugary, delicately perfumed, refreshing, and agreeable; second for both eating and cooking; Sept.

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

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