Hilda

Pear

Hilda

Origin / History

Listed in the Guide Prat., page 104, 1895. Distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Belgium.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Not described in source.

Form: Fruit resembles Josephine de Malines.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Not described in source.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish-white, tinted with green near the stalk, melting, very juicy, having the flavor of the Beurré Gris.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November and December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

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)