Melanie Michelin
PearMelanie Michelin
Origin and History
Gained by M. Boisbunel, Junior, Rouen, France. [Mas Pom. Gen. 6:55, fig. 412. 1880]
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and Size: Medium, ovate-pyriform, even in contour.
Skin: Rather thick, whitish-green, sprinkled with fairly numerous and rather large green spots, which are scarcely visible and often absent altogether. When ripe, the basic green takes on a more yellow tone on the sun-exposed side. In well-exposed fruits, the skin is blushed with a very light rosy red.
Flesh: Whitish, slightly tinted with green, tender, a little soft, melting, full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed. Quality: good.
Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Mid-July.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and 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)Melanie Michelin.
i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:55, fig. 412. 1880. Gained by M. Boisbunel, Junior, Rouen, Fr. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform, even in contour; skin rather thick, whitish-green, sprinkled with fairly numerous and rather large green spots, scarcely visible and often absent altogether; when ripe the basic green takes a more yellow tone on the side of the sun, and in the case of well-exposed fruits is blushed with a very light rosy red; flesh whitish, slightly tinted with green, tender, a little soft, melting, full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed; good; mid-July.