Madame Blanchet

Pear

Madame Blanchet

Origin/History

Documented in Guide Pratique (1895).

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Skin: Greenish-yellow covered with fawn.

Flesh: Fine, buttery, of a delicate flavor.

Quality: Good.

Season

October and November.

Tree

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Madame Blanchet.

Guide Prat. 76. 1895.

Fruit medium, greenish-yellow covered with fawn; flesh fine, buttery, of a delicate flavor; good; Oct. and Nov.

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

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