Notaire Lepin

Pear

Notaire Lepin

Origin and History

Notaire Lepin was obtained by M. Rollet, a horticulturist at Villefranche in the Rhône department of France, around 1860 and was placed on the market in 1879.

Tree

Not described in available sources.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large or very large; variable in size. Form obtuse-pyramidal, but variable.

Skin: Fine texture, somewhat rough to the touch. Ground color yellow, dotted with russet, marbled with fawn.

Flesh and Flavor: White, granular around the core. Texture fine and melting. Very juicy. Flavor saccharine (distinctly sweet), slightly but agreeably perfumed. Quality variable, described as rather good and rarely very good.

Season and Storage

Keeps from January to April.

Uses

Not specified in sources.

Note on Quality: The description emphasizes that quality is notably variable—a consistent characteristic requiring attention when identifying or selecting specimens of this variety.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Notaire Lepin.

Rev. Hort. 449. 1889.

Notaire Lepin was obtained by M. Rollet, a horticulturist at Villefranche, Rhône, Fr., about 1860 and was placed on the market in 1879. Fruit large or very large, variable in size, obtuse-pyramidal but variable, skin fine, somewhat rough to the touch, yellow, dotted with russet, marbled with fawn, flesh white, granular around the core, fine, melting, very juicy, saccharine, slightly but agreeably perfumed; its quality very variable, rather good, and rarely very good; Jan. to Apr.

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