Petit-Blanquet
PearOrigin and History
This variety was known in French gardens in the middle of the sixteenth century under the name Poire Perle, and some years later also by the name Petit-Blanquet.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size
Small or very small.
Form
Rather inconstant, slightly obtuse-pyriform or more obtuse-ovate.
Skin
Smooth and transparent and shining, clear pale yellow or of a white, waxy and pearl-like tone, sprinkled with greenish dots, with occasionally a blush of tender rose on the side next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor
Flesh very white, semi-fine, breaking and firm. Juice rarely abundant, saccharine, savory although only slightly perfumed.
Season
August.
Uses
Second class dessert pear.
Subtypes and Variants
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)Petit-Blanquet.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:132, Pl. VI. 1768.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:517, fig. 1869. Little Blanquet. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 802. 1869. Small Blanquet. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 646. 1884.
This variety was known in French gardens in the middle of the sixteenth century under the name Poire Perle, and some years later also by that of Petit-Blanquet. Fruit small or very small; form rather inconstant, slightly obtuse-pyriform, or more obtuse-ovate; skin smooth and transparent and shining, clear pale yellow or of a white, waxy and pearl-like tone, sprinkled with greenish dots, with occasionally a blush of tender rose on the side next the sun; flesh very white, semi-fine, breaking and firm; juice rarely abundant, saccharine, savory although only slightly perfumed; a second class dessert pear; Aug.