Kamper-Venus
PearKamper-Venus
Origin / History
Of ancient and unknown origin. The Kamper-Venus has been cultivated in Holland for some centuries. According to the Dutch writer De Lacour, writing in 1752, the Romans are said to have possessed this pear and called it the Pear of Venus.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large
Form: Pyriform, obovate
Skin: Smooth, shining, very pale green, sprinkled with dark brown spots. At maturity, the green changes to a beautiful bright lemon-yellow, marbled on the side of the sun with red.
Flesh: White, rather fine, firm, melting.
Juice and Flavor: Abundant, vinous, acidulous, perfumed.
Season
Winter.
Uses
First class for kitchen use.
Subtypes / Variants
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)Kamper-Venus.
i. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 300. 1881. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:49, fig. 505. 1881. Camperveen. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:556, fig. 1867.
Of ancient and unknown origin. The Kamper-Venus has been cultivated in Holland for some centuries and a Dutch writer, De Lacour, writing in 1752, said, as M. Leroy thinks, that "the Romans possessed it and called it the Pear of Venus." Fruit large, pyriform, obovate, smooth, shining, very pale green, sprinkled with dark brown spots; at maturity the green changes to a beautiful bright lemon-yellow, marbled on the side of the sun with red; flesh white, rather fine, firm, melting; juice abundant, vinous, acidulous, perfumed; first class for kitchen use; winter.