Loriol de Barny
PearLoriol de Barny
Origin/History
Originated from the seed beds of André Leroy at Angers, France. It fruited for the first time in 1862. Described in Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie 2:351, with figure, 1869.
Tree
Tree vigorous, upright, very productive. (Hedrick does not describe the tree separately.)
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large (Downing); medium or above (Hedrick). Shape described as oblong pyriform, slightly obtuse (Downing); very long ovate-pyriform, often bossed in its contour (Hedrick).
Stem: Medium length.
Cavity: Small.
Calyx: Closed.
Basin: Medium, slightly corrugated.
Skin: Thin (Hedrick). Base color pale yellow (Downing); yellow-ochre (Hedrick). Surface marked with a few nettings and patches of russet and numerous russet dots (Downing); speckled with minute gray dots and showing some stains of russet (Hedrick).
Flesh/Flavor: Flesh whitish (Downing); white (Hedrick). Half fine (Downing); fine (Hedrick). Melting. Almost free from grit (Hedrick). Juice very abundant, sugary, with a delicate aroma (Hedrick); juicy, sweet, pleasant (Downing). Quality rated good to very good (Downing); first quality (Hedrick).
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
End of August and beginning of September (Hedrick); September (Downing).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)LORIOL DE BARNY.
Originated in the nurseries of Andre Leroy, Angers, France. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive.
Fruit medium to large, oblong pyriform, slightly obtuse; skin pale yellow, a few nettings and patches of russet, and numerous russet dots; stalk of medium length; cavity small; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh whitish, half fine, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good to very good. September.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Loriol de Barny.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:351, fig. 1869.
A gain of Leroy from his seed beds at Angers, Fr.; it fruited for the first time in 1862. Fruit medium or above, very long ovate-pyriform, often bossed in its contour; skin thin, yellow-ochre, speckled with minute gray dots and showing some stains of russet; flesh white, fine, melting, almost free from grit; juice very abundant and sugary having a delicate aroma; first; end of Aug. and beginning of Sept.