Petersbirne
PearPetersbirne
Origin/History
Altenburg, Germany, 1799. Known historically as Petite Poire de Pierre and Kleine Petersbirne.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Small.
Skin: Clear green, sprinkled with numerous minute blackish-green dots. At maturity, turns to dull yellow and is washed over a large area of its surface with dark red; on the red-washed areas, the dots are a darker red.
Flesh and Flavor: Greenish-white, very fine texture, semi-breaking, sufficiently juicy, agreeably perfumed.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August.
Uses
A good fruit to preserve or to dry.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Petersbirne.
- Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:33. 1856. Petite Poire de Pierre. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:101, fig. 243. 1879. Kleine Petersbirne. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 242. 1889.
Altenburg, Ger., 1799. Fruit small, clear green, sprinkled with numerous minute blackish-green dots, turning to dull yellow at maturity and washed over a large area of its surface with dark red, on which the dots are of a darker red; flesh greenish-white, very fine, semi-breaking, sufficiently juicy and agreeably perfumed; a good fruit to preserve or to dry; Aug.