Kleine Zwiebelbirne

Pear

Kleine Zwiebelbirne

Origin / History

Reported in Thuringia in 1819. First documented in Dochnahl's Obstkunde (1856).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Small; bulbous or globular-turbinate.

Skin: Lemon-yellow, blushed, dotted with gray, splashed with gray-russet.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, sweet, firm, breaking, juicy.

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

Season

Autumn.

Uses

Good for culinary use.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921). Originally described in Dochnahl Fuhr, Obstkunde 2:171 (1856).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Kleine Zwiebelbirne.

i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:171. 1856.

Reported in Thuringia, 1819. Fruit small, bulbous or globular-turbinate, lemon-yellow, blushed, dotted with gray, splashed with gray-russet; flesh whitish, sweet, firm, breaking, juicy; good for culinary use; autumn.

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