Laherard
PearLaherard
Origin / History
Foreign (Elliott). One of Van Mons' seedlings, originated in 1825 (Downing). Hedrick gives the origin as uncertain, but attributed to Van Mons, and cites Leroy, Diet. Pom. 2:324, fig. 1869.
Tree
Succeeds on Quince (Elliott).
Fruit
Size: Medium to above medium. Above medium (Elliott, Hedrick); Downing alone gives medium.
Form: Obovate, obtuse pyriform, oblong obovate pyriform. Hedrick adds ovate, mammillate at summit, sometimes rather elongated but generally more swelled at the middle.
Stem: Stout; rather long, curved.
Cavity: Small.
Calyx: Closed to partially closed. Segments short, erect.
Basin: Small, slightly furrowed.
Skin: Thin. Ground lemon yellow, pale yellowish green, yellow-ochre or greenish yellow; cheek brownish red or reddish in the sun, vermilioned on the face exposed to the sun.
Dots: Sprinkled with many brown dots (Downing). Fine specks and stains of gray, especially around the calyx (Hedrick).
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white or whitish, fine, melting, juicy, rather granular around the core. Pleasant, sub-acid; sweet, a little perfumed; juice abundant, very sugary, acid, with an exquisite savor. Quality "very good" (Elliott, Downing); "first" (Hedrick).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September to October. Elliott and Hedrick give October; Downing alone gives September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
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— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Laherard.
Foreign. Fruit, above medium, obovate, obtuse pyriform, lemon yellow, brownish red cheek in sun; calyx, closed; stem, stout; flesh, white, melting, juicy, pleasant, sub-acid; "very good." October. Succeeds on Quince.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)La Herard.
One of Van Mons' seedlings, originated in 1825.
Fruit medium, oblong obovate pyriform, pale yellowish green, with reddish cheek in sun, and sprinkled with many brown dots. Stalk rather long, curved. Cavity small. Calyx partially closed. Segments short, erect. Basin small, slightly furrowed. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, a little perfumed. Very good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Laherard.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:324, fig. 1869.
Origin uncertain, but attributed to Van Mons. Fruit above medium, ovate, mammillate at summit, sometimes rather elongated but generally more swelled at the middle, thin-skinned, yellow-ochre or greenish-yellow, vermilioned on the face exposed to the sun, dotted with fine specks and stains of gray especially around the calyx; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, rather granular around the core; juice abundant, very sugary, acid, and having an exquisite savor; first; Oct.