Lieutenant Pommier

Pear

Origin/History Foreign variety, per Leroy's Catalog.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large
Skin: Yellow, netted and spotted with russet; color resembles the Glout Morceau variety.
Flesh: White, juicy, half melting.
Form, Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season Ripe from February to April.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

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Lieutenant Pommier.

Foreign. Fruit, of large size, resembling in color Glout Morceau : skin, yellow, netted and spotted with russet ; flesh, white, juicy, half melting. Ripe from February to April. (Leroy's Cat.)

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)