Jeanne d'Arc
PearJeanne d'Arc
Origin / History
Obtained by A. Sannier, Rouen, France, from a seedling of Beurré Diel fertilized with the Doyenné du Cornice. Placed in commerce in 1893, and recommended by the Pomological Society of France ten years later. Figured in Revue Horticole, page 518, 1904.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Obtuse, rather of the aspect of the Duchesse d'Angouleme.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Slightly rough, pale lemon-yellow, tinted with rose on the side exposed to the sun, speckled with rose, some marks of fawn color.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: White, granular about the core, fine, melting, very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, agreeable, only slightly perfumed; good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Oct. and Nov.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Jeanne d'Arc. i. Rev. Hort. 518, fig. 1904. Obtained by A. Sannier, Rouen, Fr., from a seedling of Beurré Diel fertilized with the Doyenné du Cornice. Placed in commerce in 1893, and recommended by the Pomological Society of France ten years later. Fruit large, obtuse, rather of the aspect of the Duchesse d'Angouleme; skin slightly rough, pale lemon-yellow, tinted with rose on the side exposed to the sun, speckled with rose, some marks of fawn color; flesh white, granular about the core, fine, melting, very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, agreeable, only slightly perfumed; good; Oct. and Nov.