Poire de Rateau

Pear

Poire de Rateau

Origin & History

First described in Noisette's Manuel Complet du Jardinier (1860).

Tree

Very vigorous when grafted on pear.

Fruit

Size: Very large

Form: Turbinate

Skin: Greenish-white, with reddish coloring and russet dots distributed on the side facing the sun

Flesh: Breaking texture, slightly saccharine and perfumed

Stem: Not described in source

Cavity: Not described in source

Calyx & Basin: Not described in source

Core & Seeds: Not described in source

Season

Mid-December

Uses

Edible raw and good for cooking

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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Poire de Rateau.

i. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:532. 1860.

Tree very vigorous when grafted on pear. Fruit very large, turbinate, greenish-white, reddish and sown with russet dots on the side next the sun; flesh breaking, slightly saccharine and perfumed; eatable raw, and good for cooking; mid-Dec.

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