Petit-Chaumontel
PearPetit-Chaumontel
Origin/History
From the old garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France. Historically confused with Oignon, which ripens approximately six weeks earlier.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium
Form: Globular, very bossed and irregular in form
Skin: Clear green, dotted, veined with russet, and extensively washed with carmine on the side turned to the sun
Flesh and Flavor: Very white, semi-fine, breaking texture. Gritty at center. Juice sufficient. Flavor saccharine, vinous, slightly astringent.
Quality Rating: Second
Season
Latter half of August
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:519, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Petit-Chaumontel.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:519, fig. 1869. From the old garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr., and sometimes erroneously confused with Oignon which ripens some six weeks earlier. Fruit medium, globular, very bossed and irregular in form, clear green, dotted, veined with russet and extensively washed with carmine on the side turned to the sun; flesh very white, semi-fine, breaking, gritty at center; juice sufficient, saccharine, vinous, slightly astringent; second; latter half of Aug.