Poire de Preuilly

Pear

Poire de Preuilly

Origin and History

Published in the French Revue Horticole in 1870. Referenced in Guide Prat., 1876.

Tree

Vigorous and very fertile.

Fruit

A very large fruit. In form it is similar to the Bartlett. Skin yellow-green, speckled. Flesh breaking.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Used for decorative purposes.

Subtypes and 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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Poire de Preuilly.

i. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.

Published in the French Revue Horticole, 1870. Tree vigorous and very fertile. This is a very large fruit used for decorative purposes. In form it is similar to the Bartlett; skin yellow-green, speckled; flesh breaking.

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