Poire des Chasseurs
PearOrigin/History
A posthumous gain of Van Mons, tasted for the first time in 1842. First reported by M. Simon Bouvier of Jodoigne, Belgium.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large, ovate-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish, dotted with russet, and much stained with russet on the sun-exposed side.
Flesh: Yellowish, coarse, watery, melting, granular.
Flavor: Juice vinous and agreeably perfumed.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Other
Quality: First (highest period classification for dessert pears).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Poire des Chasseurs,
- Ann. Pom. Belge 5:31, fig. 1857. Des Chasseurs. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 735. 1869.
A posthumous gain of Van Mons tasted for the first time in 1842 and reported on by M. Simon Bouvier of Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit medium to large, ovate-pyriform, greenish, dotted with russet, and much stained with russet on the sun-exposed side; flesh yellowish, coarse, watery, melting, granular; juice vinous, agreeably perfumed; first; Oct.