Mollet Guernsey Beurré
PearMollet Guernsey Beurré
Origin / History
An English variety, raised by Charles Mollet, Esq., of the Island of Guernsey (Downing). Hedrick, citing Gard. Chron. 36, 85, 1842, gives it as raised from seed by Charles Mollet of Guernsey, Channel Islands, who died in 1819.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oval pyriform (Downing); obovate or somewhat pyramidal (Hedrick).
Stem: A remarkable fleshy extension of about ½ inch at the insertion of the stalk (Hedrick).
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Surface rather uneven. Yellow and yellowish green, much obscured with ferruginous russet. Russet dark cinnamon brown, nearly covering one side in stripes and tracings (Downing); sometimes equally scattered, but often disposed in broad, longitudinal stripes (Hedrick).
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, melting and buttery; very melting (Hedrick). Flavor rich and vinous (Downing); "a rich Chaumontel flavor though distinct" (Hedrick). Quality "Good" (Downing).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
- Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Mollet's Guernsey Beurre
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Mollet's Guernsey Beurre.
Mollet's Guernsey Chaumontelle.
An English variety, raised by Charles Mollet, Esq., of the Island of Guernsey.
Fruit of medium size, oval pyriform. Skin rather uneven, yellow and yellowish green, nearly covered on one side with dark cinnamon brown russet, in stripes and tracings. Flesh yellowish, melting, and buttery, with a rich vinous flavor. Good. December.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Mollet Guernsey Beurré.
- Gard. Chron. 36, 85. 1842.
Raised from seed by Charles Mollet of Guernsey, Channel Islands, who died in 1819. Fruit medium, obovate or somewhat pyramidal, with a remarkable fleshy extension of about ½ inch at the insertion of the stalk, surface of the pear uneven, yellow, but much obscured with ferruginous russet, sometimes equally scattered, but often disposed in broad, longitudinal stripes; flesh yellowish, very melting, buttery, with a rich Chaumontel flavor though distinct; Dec.