Pierre Curie

Pear

Pierre Curie

Origin & History

A seedling hybrid created by M. Arsène Sannier, a nurseryman at Saint-Sever-Rouen, France, from a cross of Doyenné d'Alençon and Beurré Henri Courcelle. Placed on the market in 1907.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium; oval, conforming to the form of the Doyenné d'Alençon.

Skin: Gray.

Flesh & Flavor: Extremely fine texture with a very agreeable perfume.

Season

January to March.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Pierre Curie, i. Rev. Hort. 174. 1907. This is a seedling from Doyenné d'Alençon crossed with Beurré Henri Courcelle by M. Arsène Sannier, a nurseryman at Saint-Sever-Rouen, Fr., and placed on the market in 1907. Fruit medium, oval, of the form of the Doyenné d'Alençon; skin gray; flesh extremely fine, with a very agreeable perfume; Jan. to Mar.

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