Madame de Roucourt

Pear

Madame de Roucourt

Origin/History Distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Belgium. First recorded in Guide Pratique du Pomiculteur (1895).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium to large.

Form: Not described in source.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish ground color, dotted with dark brown.

Flesh and Flavor: Fine texture, saccharine (sweet), perfumed.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season October.

Uses Rated good; suitable for fresh eating.

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 de Roucourt.

i. Guide Prat. 58. 1895.

Distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium to large, yellowish, dotted with dark brown; flesh fine, saccharine, perfumed; good; Oct.

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