Platte Honigbirne

Pear

Origin/History: Nassau, 1801.

Tree: Not described in source.

Fruit: Medium, obtuse-turbinate form. Skin light yellow-green with a pale blush, marked with numerous gray dots and russet. Flesh coarse-grained and aromatic.

Season: September.

Uses: Third for dessert, first for household.

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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Platte Honigbirne.

i. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856.

Nassau, 1801. Fruit medium, obtuse-turbinate, light yellow-green, with a pale blush, numerous gray dots, marked with russet; flesh coarse-grained, aromatic; third for dessert, first for household; Sept.

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