Hurbain d'Hiver
PearHurbain d'Hiver
Origin & History
Not described in source.
Tree Characteristics
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size & Form: Small. Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in outline.
Skin & Color: Fine golden yellow in the shade, strewed and mottled with patches of thin cinnamon-colored russet. A patch of russet surrounds the stalk. Washed with bright red on the side next the sun.
Flesh & Flavor: Yellowish, melting, rather coarse, juicy, sweet, without much perfume.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November.
Quality & Uses
Rated second (second-rate quality by period standards). Uses not described in source.
Subtypes & Variants
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); cited from Hogg, Fruit Manual (1884).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Hurbain d'Hiver.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884.
Fruit small, Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in outline, fine golden yellow in the shade, strewed and mottled with patches of thin cinnamon-colored russet, with a patch of russet around the stalk, washed with bright red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, melting, rather coarse, juicy, sweet, without much perfume; second; Nov.