Messire Jean Goubault

Pear

Messire Jean Goubault

Origin/History

This variety dates from 1847 and came from a seed bed of M. Goubault, Angers, France. (Earlier described in Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:422, 1869.)

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large or medium. Turbinate, more or less globular, often irregular, bossed and much larger on one side than on the other.

Skin: Fine and wrinkled, entirely reddened, dotted with large grayish spots.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, coarse, semi-melting, always doughy, containing some grit around the core. Juice rather scanty, sugary, tart, slightly perfumed, and very agreeable.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November.

Quality and Uses

Second quality. Uses not further described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Messire Jean Goubault. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:422, fig. 1869. This variety dates from 1847 and came from a seed bed of M. Goubault, Angers, Fr. Fruit large or medium, turbinate, more or less globular, often irregular, bossed and much larger on one side than on the other; skin fine and wrinkled and entirely reddened and dotted with large grayish spots; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-melting, always doughy and containing some grit around the core; juice rather scanty, sugary, tart, slightly perfumed and very agreeable; second; Nov.

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

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