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Meissner langstielige Feigenbirne

Pear

Meissner langstielige Feigenbirne

Origin/History

Saxony, 1805. First published description in Dochnahl, Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:167 (1856).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Obtuse-pyriform, ventriculous and flat, crooked, somewhat uneven

Skin: Light green changing to yellowish-green, often blushed with dark red, without dots, marked with russet

Flesh/Flavor: Yellowish-green white, coarse-grained, sweet, firm, breaking

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October

Uses

Third for dessert, first for kitchen

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Meissner langstielige Feigenbirne.

i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:167. 1856.

Saxony, 1805. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, ventriculous and flat, crooked, somewhat uneven, light green changing to yellowish-green, often blushed with dark red, without dots, marked with russet; flesh yellowish-green white, coarse-grained, sweet, firm, breaking; third for dessert, first for kitchen; Oct.

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