Jalousie Tardive

Pear

Jalousie Tardive

Origin/History

Origin unknown. The variety was among the first trees planted in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Maine-et-Loire, France, upon its creation in 1833.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, variable in form. Shape described as long-turbinate, more or less obtuse, or very long-ovate; bossed and contorted, depressed at both poles.

Skin: Clear russet extensively washed with red-brown.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh: Breaking.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Flavor and Use

First for cooking.

Season

February and March.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Source Citation: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921). Original reference: Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:297, fig. (1869).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Jalousie Tardive. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:297, fig. 1869. Origin unknown, but it was among the first trees planted in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Maine-et-Loire, Fr., on its creation in 1833. Fruit large, variable, long-turbinate, more or less obtuse, or very long-ovate, bossed and contorted, depressed at both poles, clear russet extensively washed with red-brown; flesh breaking; first for cooking; Feb. and Mar.

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

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