Marianne de Nancy

Origin & History

A seedling raised by Van Mons. According to Hedrick, Van Mons sent cuttings of it a few days before his death to M. Millot, a pomologist at Nancy, France.

Tree

Moderate grower (Elliott).

Fruit

Size: Medium to medium or above. Thomas alone describes it as large.

Form: Downing describes the fruit as oblong obovate pyriform. Hedrick describes it as obtuse-turbinate, very regular and even in contour. Thomas calls it pyriform.

Stem: Short, stout (Downing).

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Open (Downing).

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish green to grass-green, with russet markings. Downing describes it as yellowish green, netted and dotted with fine dull russet. Hedrick describes the color as grass-green, stained with brown-russet. Elliott says greenish yellow, streaked and dotted with russet. Thomas says yellowish-green, thickly dotted.

Flesh & Flavor: Flesh white to whitish. Downing describes it as buttery, half melting, juicy, vinous, sweet. Hedrick describes the flesh as fine, melting or semi-melting, with juice abundant, very sugary, acidulous; quality second, though sometimes first when its flesh is very melting and its juice full of flavor. Elliott describes it as juicy, melting, sugary, vinous. Thomas, in contrast, describes the flesh as coarse, juicy, and often poor.

Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Sources disagree significantly. Hedrick gives mid-August. Elliott gives September and October. Downing gives October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes & Variants

Not described in source.