Marshall Wilder
PearMarshall Wilder Pear
Origin and History
Originated in the nurseries of M. Leroy at Angers, France, in 1866.
Fruit Description
Size and Form Large; longconic, very irregular. Form somewhat like Calebasse in appearance, more or less bossed.
Skin Rough. Color clear green slightly yellowish, dotted with gray-russet, marbled with brown and scaly.
Flesh and Flavor Yellowish-white. Texture fine to semi-fine. Very juicy, very melting, sugary. Flavor deliriously perfumed and refreshing. Quality grade: first (finest).
Season October and November.
Sources:
- Leroy, Dictionnaire Pomologique 2:407, fig. 1869
- Horticulturist 27:150, 1872
- U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Marshall Wilder.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:407, fig. 1869.
- Horticulturist 27:150. 1872.
Originated in the nurseries of M. Leroy at Angers, Fr., in 1866.
Fruit large, longconic, very irregular, somewhat like Calebasse in form, more or less bossed; skin rough, clear green slightly yellowish, dotted with gray-russet, marbled with brown and scaly; flesh yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, juicy, very melting, sugary, deliriously perfumed and refreshing; first; Oct. and Nov.