Pimpe

Pear

Pimpe

Origin / History

Pimpe is recorded in Parkinson, Par. Ter., page 593, dated 1629, the reference Hedrick cites for the variety. The description was published in that work under the name Pimpe.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Fruit as great as the Windsor pear.

Form: Rounder than the Windsor pear.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Not described in source.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Of a very good "rellish."

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Pimpe.

i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.

"The Pimpe peare is as great as the Windsor peare, but rounder, and of a very good rellish."

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