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Linzer Mostbirne

Pear

Linzer 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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Linzer Mostbirne.

  1. 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.

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