Moorfowl Egg
PearMoorfowl Egg
Origin and History
An old Scotch dessert pear, first recorded in Lindley's Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden (1831). The variety partakes somewhat of the character of Swan Egg. The alternate spelling "Muirfowl Egg" appears in Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium, globular.
Skin: Dull green, changing to yellow-green; mottled with red next the sun; thickly strewed with pale brown-russety dots.
Flesh: Yellowish, semi-buttery, tender, sweet, with a slight perfume.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)Moorfowl Egg.
- Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 361. 1831.
Muirfowl Egg. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 619. 1884.
An old Scotch dessert pear partaking somewhat of the character of Swan Egg. Fruit below medium, globular, dull green changing to yellow-green, mottled with red next the sun, and thickly strewed with pale brown-russety dots; flesh yellowish, semi-buttery, tender, sweet and with a slight perfume; Oct.