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Poire des Trois Jours

Pear

Poire des Trois Jours

Origin/History

The variety is documented in Kenrick's American Orchardist (1841, p. 149) and the Cultivator (1847, p. 340). Kenrick reports it as a French variety, crediting M. Jamin.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Large. Beurrée type (buttery-fleshed pear).

Flavor

Of first-rate excellence.

Season

Ripens in November (at Paris).

Uses

Dessert variety (beurrée type indicates eating pear).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Alternate name: Trois Jours.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Poire des Trois Jours.

  1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 149. 1841. Trois Jours. 2. Cultivator, 340. 1847.

Kenrick says: "New and large; beurrée; of first-rate excellence, ripening at Paris in November, according to M. Jamin."

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