L'Orange d'Hyver
Pear
L'Orange d'Hyver
Origin and History
Imported from France under the name "L'Echasserie," which Coxe identifies as incorrect. The variety corresponds to the Orange d'Hyver described by Abbé Rozier in the Cours d'Agriculture.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Not larger than a small orange.
Form: Nearly round, slightly flattened at each end.
Stem: Long.
Skin: Dull yellowish green with faint blotches of russet-colored dots; rough, thick, and firm.
Flesh: White, melting, juicy, sprightly, and finely flavored.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season and Storage
Ripens in November; in favorable seasons, keeps until January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes or Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Coxe characterizes this as a pear of "estimable character as a fine winter pear."
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- L'ORANGE D'HYVER.
This name I have given to a pear I imported from France under the name of L'Echasserie, which is certainly incorrect---it bears a stronger resemblance to the Orange d'Hyver as delineated and described by the Abbe Rozier in the Cours d'Agriculture, than any other fruit; it is of estimable character as a fine winter pear; the size is not larger than a small orange, nearly round, a little flattened at each end, the stem long, the skin a dull yellowish green, with faint blotches of russet coloured dots, rough, thick, and firm: the flesh white, melting, juicy, sprightly and finely flavoured---it ripens in November, and in favourable seasons will keep till January.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Orange D'Hyver", pp. 306–306]
No. 37. Orange D'Hyver.