Naquette
PearNaquette
Origin / History
Described under the name Naquette by Claude Saint-Étienne in 1670. Afterward it appears to have been classed in the Caillot family under the name Caillot. Later still it received, among other names, those of Bergamot Early (Lindley) and Bergamote Precoce (Calvel). Figured in Mas, Le Verger 2:109, fig. 53 (1866-73). Planted spring 1896 at the Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C., and listed in the Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900).
Tree
Tree a strong grower (Agassiz).
Fruit
Size: Medium or smaller; small at Agassiz.
Form: Spherical, flattened at both poles (Hedrick); turbinate (Agassiz).
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Thin, smooth, grass-green; when ripe clouded with yellow on the shaded side and washed or streaked with red on the cheek next the sun (Hedrick). Yellow (Agassiz).
Dots: Fawn (Hedrick); a few, russet (Agassiz).
Flesh and flavor: White, rather transparent, fine, melting, full of sugary juice, acidulous, pleasantly perfumed, very delicate; "first" (Hedrick). Yellowish, buttery, not very juicy, quality fair (Agassiz).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Mid-August (Hedrick); August to September (Agassiz).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (2)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Naquette.
i. Mas Le Verger 2:109, fig. 53. 1866-73.
Under the name Naquette this pear was described by Claude Saint-Étienne in 1670. After that time it appears to have been classed in the Caillot family with the name Caillot. Later still it received among other names that of Bergamot Early (Lindley) and Bergamote Precoce (Calvel).
Fruit medium or smaller, spherical, flattened at both poles; skin thin, smooth, grass-green dotted with fawn, when ripe clouded with yellow on the shaded side and washed or streaked with red on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, rather transparent, fine, melting, full of sugary juice, acidulous, pleasantly perfumed, very delicate; first; mid-Aug.
— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)Planted Spring 1896. Tree a strong grower. Fruit small, turbinate. Skin yellow, with a few russet dots. Flesh yellowish, buttery, not very juicy, quality fair. Season August September.