Kleine Leutsbirne
PearKleine Leutsbirne
Origin & History
A perry pear grown in Upper Austria under the name Holzbirne and by various other names in Lower Austria.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Below medium.
Form: Variable, mostly long-obtuse-pyriform.
Skin: Gray-green with dark green streaks running downward from the stalk; changes to yellow-green when ripe. Densely covered with minute dots.
Flesh: Whitish, moderately fine, juicy. Flavor acidulous, saccharine, and unusually astringent.
Stem, Cavity & Basin: Not described in source.
Core & Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November and December.
Uses
Perry pear (cider production).
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)Kleine Leutsbirne.
- Mathieu Nom. Pom. 241. 1889.
- Loschnig Mostbirnen 162, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Upper Austria under the name of Holzbirne and by that of Kleine Leutsbirne and other names in Lower Austria. Fruit below medium, variable in form, mostly long-obtuse-pyriform, gray-green with dark green streaks downward from the stalk, changing to yellow-green when ripe, densely covered with minute dots; flesh whitish, moderately fine, juicy, acidulous, saccharine, unusually astringent; Nov. and Dec.