Notaire Minot
PearNotaire Minot (Pear)
Origin and History
A posthumous gain of Van Mons. First fruited in nurseries at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Jodoigne, Belgium, in 1844.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium fruit, variable in form but usually irregular ovate-globular or very obtuse-turbinate and ventriculous.
Skin: Thick and rather rough. Color grass-green overall, dotted all over with fawn, and blushed with dark red on the side of the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish, semi-fine and semi-melting, very gritty around the core. Juice insufficient, saccharine, aromatic, but characterized by a disagreeable astringency.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses and Quality
Of only very moderate merit. Rated as third-class.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); cited from Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:465 (1869) and Downing Fr. Trees Am. (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Notaire Minot.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:465, fig. 1869.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 1869.
A posthumous gain of Van Mons of only very moderate merit. It fruited in nurseries at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Jodoigne, Bel., in 1844.
Fruit medium, rather variable in form, but usually irregular ovate-globular or very obtuse-turbinate and ventriculous; skin thick and rather rough, grass-green, dotted all over with fawn and blushed with dark red on the side of the sun; flesh yellowish, semi-fine and semi-melting, very gritty around the core; juice insufficient, saccharine, aromatic, having a disagreeable astringency; third; Oct.