Pierre Pépin

Pear

Pierre Pépin

Origin/History

Seedling raised by Leroy, Angers, France, and first reported in 1868.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large.

Form: Obtuse-pyriform, bossed, and swelled in its lower half, more or less hollowed at either end.

Skin: Lemon-yellow, slightly clouded with green, much speckled and spotted with brown.

Flesh: Whitish, fine, melting. Some grit around the core.

Juice and Flavor: Abundant, saccharine, vinous, and agreeably perfumed. Rated first quality.

Season

Mid-September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Pierre Pépin. i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:532, fig. 1869. A seedling raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first reported in 1868. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, bossed, and swelled in its lower half, more or less hollowed at either end, lemon-yellow, slightly clouded with green and much speckled and spotted with brown; flesh whitish, fine, melting, some grit around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, vinous, and agreeably perfumed; first; mid-Sept.

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