Nantais

Pear

Nantais Pear

Origin/History

Not described in source. (Alternate name: Beurré de Nantes)

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, long pyriform or pyramidal.

Skin: Greenish-yellow, with a red cheek.

Stem: Large, set under a lip, not sunk.

Calyx: Large, in a broad, furrowed basin.

Flesh and Flavor: Juicy, perfumed, very good.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Fig. 698 (reference to illustration in the source work).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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Nantais. (Beurré de Nantes.) Large, long pyriform or pyramidal; greenish-yellow, with a red cheek; stalk large, set under a lip, not sunk; calyx large, in a broad, furrowed basin; juicy, perfumed, very good. October. Fig. 698.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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