Hilda

Pear

Hilda

Origin and History Distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Belgium. Originally described in Guide Pratique, 1895.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Form: Resembles Josephine de Malines.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish-white, tinted with green near the stalk. Melting, very juicy. Flavor of the Beurré Gris.

Size, Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Skin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season November and December.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Hilda.

Guide Prat. 104. 1895.

Distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Bel. Fruit resembles Josephine de Malines; flesh yellowish-white tinted with green near the stalk, melting, very juicy, having the flavor of the Beurré Gris; Nov. and Dec.

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