Madame Ernest Baltet

Pear

Madame Ernest Baltet

Origin/History French pear. First documented by Baltet in Traité de Culture Fruitière (1908).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit Size and Form: Large, obtuse-pyriform. Skin: Reddish-brown-yellow ground with light russet. Flesh: Very fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, sprightly. Quality: Very good.

Season September and October.

Uses 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 Ernest Baltet. i. Baltet Trait. Cult. Fr. 317, fig. 208. 1908. French. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, reddish-brown-yellow, with light russet; flesh very fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, sprightly; very good; Sept. and Oct.

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