Kalchbirne
PearKalchbirne
Origin/History A perry pear grown throughout Austria and the Northern Tyrol.
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Fairly large to very large, long-pyriform, crooked toward the stalk.
Skin: Smooth and shining. Green, turning lemon-yellow at maturity, with a rather shining red blush and fine green dots.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, coarse, very juicy. Saccharine, aromatic, rather astringent, slightly acid. Among the richest of the wine pears.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season September.
Uses Perry pear (wine pear); used for fermented pear beverages.
Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Loschnig Mostbirnen 40, fig. 1913.
Book Sources
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Kalchbirne.
- Loschnig Mostbirnen 40, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown throughout Austria and the Northern Tyrol though under various names. Fruit fairly large to very large, long-pyriform, crooked toward the stalk; skin smooth and shining, green turning lemon-yellow at maturity, with a rather shining red blush, fine green dots; flesh whitish, coarse, very juicy, saccharine, aromatic, rather astringent, slightly acid; among the richest of the wine pears; Sept.