Italienische Winterbergamotte

Pear

Italienische Winterbergamotte

Origin/History

Italy, 1819. Documented in Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:74 (1856).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; turbinate, slightly bossed.

Skin: Light green changing to yellowish-green; often blushed with brown; speckled with numerous fine brown dots.

Flesh: Yellowish, coarse-grained, juicy, melting and sweet.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

April and May.

Uses

Third for the table; first for kitchen use.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Italienische Winterbergamotte.

Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:74. 1856.

Italy, 1819.

Fruit medium, turbinate, slightly bossed, light green changing to yellowish-green, often blushed with brown, speckled with numerous fine, brown dots; flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, juicy, melting and sweet; third for the table, first for kitchen; Apr. and May.

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