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King Sobieski

Pear

King Sobieski

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, obtuse-pyriform

Skin: Yellow, with red blush

Flesh and Flavor: Juicy, sweet, perfumed. Quality rated as good.

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

Season

Mid-season

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Referenced in Ragan's Nomenclature of Pears (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin 126, pages 156 and 232, 1908).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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King Sobieski.

  1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:156, 232. 1908.

Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, yellow, with red blush; flesh juicy, sweet, perfumed; good; mid-season.

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