Lacroix

Pear

Lacroix

Origin/History

Published in Revue Horticole in 1887 (Card. Chron. 3d Ser. 1:442).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; regular pyriform.

Skin: Yellow, blushed and spotted with red on the exposed side.

Flesh and Flavor: White; flavor said to be like that of Easter Beurré.

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

Season

December and January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Lacroix.

Card. Chron. 3d Ser. 1:442. 1887.

Published in Revue Horticole in 1887. Fruit medium, regular pyriform, yellow blushed and spotted with red on the exposed side; flesh white, flavor said to be like that of Easter Beurré; Dec. and Jan.

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