Madame Verté
PearMadame Verté
Origin and History
Origin uncertain, but it was first sent out by M. de Jonghe, Brussels, Belgium, and then extensively propagated in France.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Size: Medium, globular-ovate, irregular.
Skin: Yellowish-green, much washed with brown-fawn, speckled with small ashen-gray dots.
Flesh: Yellowish, semi-fine, semi-melting, granular at center.
Juice and Flavor: Abundant, sugary, acidulous, with somewhat savory perfume and aftertaste of anis.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity and Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
End of November to January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Quality
Second, variable.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Source:
U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), with reference to Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:385, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Madame Verté.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:385, fig. 1869.
Origin uncertain, but it was first sent out by M. de Jonghe, Brussels, Bel., and then extensively propagated in France. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, irregular, yellowish-green, much washed with brown-fawn and speckled with small ashen-gray dots; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, semi-melting, granular at center; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, with a somewhat savory perfume and after taste of anis; second, variable; from end of Nov. to Jan.