Navez Peintre

Pear

Navez Peintre

Origin/History

Received by Hogg, the English pomologist, from M. Papeleu of Wetteren, Belgium, in 1857. First described in Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884, p. 622). Both Downing and Hedrick derive their accounts from Hogg.

Tree

Not described in sources.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium. Ovate, even and regular in form.

Stem: Not described in sources.

Cavity: Not described in sources.

Calyx: Open.

Basin: Not described in sources.

Skin: Yellowish-green on the shaded side, marked with bands of brown russet, with a blush of brownish-red on the side next the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh yellowish, melting, very juicy (Hedrick; Downing gives "juicy"), piquant and sugary, with a fine aroma (Hedrick). Hedrick rates it "a very fine pear."

Core and Seeds: Not described in sources.

Season

End of September.

Uses

Not described in sources.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in sources.

Other

Not described in sources.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Navez Peintre.

Fruit medium, ovate, yellowish green, with brownish red in the sun, and bands of brown russet. Calyx open. Flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, piquant, sugary. Last of September. (Hogg.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Navez Peintre. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 622. 1884. Received by Hogg, the English pomologist, from M. Papeleu, Wetteren, Bel., in 1857. Fruit medium, ovate, even and regular in form, yellowish-green on the shaded side and marked with bands of brown-russet, but with a blush of brownish-red next the sun; flesh yellowish, melting, very juicy, piquant and sugary, with a fine aroma; a very fine pear; end of Sept.

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