Linzer Mostbirne
PearLinzer Mostbirne
Origin/History
A perry pear taking its name from the town of Linz near Hauptstadt in Upper Austria.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Globular to pyriform.
Skin: Yellow, strongly carmined on the sun-exposed side and dotted with red.
Flesh: Yellow-white, coarse-grained.
Flavor: Saccharine, astringent.
Season
October.
Uses
Perry pear.
Tree
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Source reference: Loschnig Mostbirnen 188, fig. 1913.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Linzer Mostbirne.
- Loschnig Mostbirnen 188, fig. 1913.
A perry pear taking its name from the town of Linz near Hauptstadt in Upper Austria. Fruit medium, globular to pyriform, yellow, strongly carmined on the sun-exposed side and dotted with red; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, with a saccharine, astringent flavor; Oct.