Malvoisie de Landsberg
PearMalvoisie de Landsberg
Origin/History
Obtained by Judge Burchardt of Landsberg, Brandenbourg, Germany. Referenced in Mas Pomologie Générale 3:171, fig. 182 (1878).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Rather large.
Form: Pyriform, more or less swelled, even in contour, but often irregular in form.
Skin: Somewhat firm. At first water-green, dotted with gray. The green changes to yellow at maturity, and the side next the sun becomes slightly washed with rosy red.
Flesh/Flavor: White, rather fine, buttery, juicy, sweet, acidulous. Flavor sprightly and somewhat musky. Overall quality rated as good.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Malvoisie de Landsberg.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 3:171, fig. 182. 1878.
Obtained by Judge Burchardt, Landsberg, Brandenbourg, Ger. Fruit rather large, pyriform, more or less swelled, even in contour, but often irregular in form; skin somewhat firm, at first water-green, dotted with gray, the green changing to yellow and the side next the sun being at maturity slightly washed with rosy red; flesh white, rather fine, buttery, juicy, sweet, acidulous, having a sprightly and somewhat musky flavor; good; Oct.