Henri Bouet
PearHenri Bouet
Origin / History
Obtained in 1861 by Henri Bouet, a nurseryman at Fougereuse, Deux-Sevres, France, from Duchesse d'Angouleme fertilized by Jargonelle. Illustrated in Leroy's Dict. Pom., vol. 2, p. 274, fig., 1869.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Turbinate-ovate, bossed, mammillate at crown and generally somewhat contorted.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale yellow, dotted and striated with fawn, spotted with greenish-russet around stalk.
Dots: Dotted with fawn over the pale yellow ground.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh very white and fine, melting, gritty around the core, extremely juicy, sugary, perfumed, acidulous, and possessing a delicious flavor. Quality first.
Core and seeds: Gritty flesh surrounds the core.
Season
Oct. and Nov.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Henri Bouet.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:274, fig. 1869.
Obtained in 1861 by Henri Bouet, a nurseryman at Fougereuse, Deux-Sevres, Fr., from Duchesse d'Angouleme fertilized by Jargonelle (French).
Fruit large, turbinate-ovate, bossed, mammillate at crown and generally somewhat contorted, pale yellow, dotted and striated with fawn, spotted with greenish-russet around stalk; flesh very white and fine, melting, gritty around the core, extremely juicy, sugary, perfumed, acidulous and possessing a delicious flavor; first; Oct. and Nov.