Poire des Chasseurs
PearPoire des Chasseurs
Origin / History
Belgian. Downing writes that this Belgian pear "is supposed to be one of Van Mons' seedlings." Hedrick calls it a posthumous gain of Van Mons, tasted for the first time in 1842 and reported on by M. Simon Bouvier of Jodoigne, Belgium.
Tree
Moderately vigorous, somewhat spreading, productive. Young shoots warm yellow brown.
Fruit
Size: Medium; Hedrick gives medium to large.
Form: Pyriform, sometimes obtuse; short pyriform (Thomas); ovate-pyriform (Hedrick).
Stem: Stalk long, enlarged at its junction.
Cavity: None; stalk without depression.
Calyx: Small.
Basin: Shallow.
Skin: Greenish yellow, with a few patches of russet; Hedrick gives greenish, much stained with russet on the sun-exposed side.
Dots: Minute (Downing); russet (Hedrick).
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, buttery, juicy, slightly granular, perfumed (Downing); Hedrick adds coarse, watery, melting, granular. Juice vinous, perfumed (Thomas), agreeably perfumed (Hedrick). Quality "Good to very good" (Downing); "first" (Hedrick).
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Hedrick cites Ann. Pom. Belge 5:31, fig. 1857, and Downing Fr. Trees Am. 735, 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
- Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Des Chasseurs
- Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903) — listed as Poire de Chasseurs
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1849) from Massachusetts
- Hovey & Co. , Cambridge , Massachusetts — 1849 — listed as Poire de Chasseurs
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Des Chasseurs.
Chasseurs. Sportsman. Poire des Chasseurs. Hunter.
This Belgian Pear is supposed to be one of Van Mons' seedlings. The tree is moderately vigorous, somewhat spreading, productive. Young shoots warm yellow brown.
Fruit medium, pyriform, sometimes obtuse. Skin greenish yellow, covered with minute dots, and a few patches of russet. Stalk long, enlarged at its junction, without depression. Calyx small. Basin shallow. Flesh buttery, juicy, slightly granular, perfumed. Good to very good. October.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Poire de Chasseurs. Medium, short pyriform, greenish-yellow; juicy, buttery, perfumed, vinous. October. Belgian.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Poire des Chasseurs", pp. 800–800]
Poire de Chasseurs. Medium, short pyriform, greenish-yellow; juicy, buttery, perfumed, vinous. October. Belgian.
— 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.