Long-Stalked Blanquet

Pear

Long-Stalked Blanquet

Origin/History A very old variety, now entirely superseded.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Small, roundish.

Skin: Greenish or greenish-yellow.

Flesh: White, half-breaking, delicate, sweet, vinous. Quality rated as Good.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season Early August.

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Long-Stalked Blanquet.

Blanquette a longue queue. Long-Stalked Blanket. Blanquette a longue queue. Sucree blanche. Long-Tailed Blanquette. Gillette longue. Sucrin blanc d'Ete.

A very old variety, now entirely superseded. Fruit small, roundish, greenish or greenish yellow. Flesh white, half breaking, delicate, sweet, vinous. Good. Early August.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Blanchette ä Longue Queue Blanquet Musque Blanquette a longue queue Französische Langstielige Weiss Französische Langstielige Weissbirne Gilette Longue Gillette longue Langstielige Blankette Long-Stalked Blanket Long-Tailed Blanquette Nagewitz Birne Nagewitzbirne Sommer Blanquet mit Langem Stiele Sucree blanche Sucrin blanc d'Ete Blanquet a Longue Queue Sucrée Blanche