Huguenot

Pear

Origin/History

Originated by Mr. Johonnot of Salem, Massachusetts. Rejected by the American Pomological Society in October 1850 (Hedrick).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish (Downing, Elliott, Thomas); globular (Hedrick).

Skin: Smooth (Hedrick), pale yellow, sprinkled with large spots of bright red. Thomas describes the red markings as "dotted red" rather than large spots.

Flesh: White, fine-grained, half breaking (Downing) or semi-breaking (Hedrick) or breaking (Thomas), sweet but wanting in flavor and juice. Rather dry (Downing, Thomas).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not considered worthy of general cultivation (Downing). Rated "Good" by Downing; rated "poor" by Hedrick. Bears abundantly (Downing).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 4 period pomological works

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Huguenot.

A fruit originated by Mr. Johonnot, of Salem, Mass. It bears abundantly, but is rather dry, and not worthy of general cultivation.

Fruit medium, roundish, pale yellow, sprinkled with large spots of bright red. Flesh white, fine-grained, half breaking, sweet, but wanting in flavor and juice. Good. October.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Huguenot,

i. Downing FT. Trees Am. 394. 1845.

Originated by a Mr. Johonnot of Salem, Mass. Rejected by the American Pomological Society, October, 1850.

Fruit medium, globular, smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled with large spots of bright red; flesh white, fine-grained, semi-breaking, sweet but wanting in flavor and juice; poor; Oct.

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

Huguenot. American. Medium, roundish, pale yellow, spots of red.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Huguenot. Medium, roundish, pale yellow, dotted red; breaking, sweet, rather dry. October. Mass.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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