Langstieler

Pear

Langstieler

Origin and History

Originally grown in Switzerland, Baden, and Württemberg. Published in pomological literature in 1830.

Fruit

Size: Small

Form: Pyriform

Skin: Grass-green; russeted on the side next the sun; gray dots

Flesh: Yellowish-white, fine-grained, tartish

Season

October

Uses

Third for the table; first for cider and culinary use

Tree

Not described in source.

Other

Suitable for every situation.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Langstieler.

Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:171. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 246. 1889. Switzerland, Baden and Wurttemberg, published 1830. Fruit small, pyriform, grass-green, russeted on the side next the sun, gray dots; flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, tartish; third for the table, first for cider and culinary use; Oct. Suitable for every situation.

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