Poire sans Peau
Pear
Poire sans Peau (The Skinless Pear)
Origin/History Not described in source.
Tree The tree and foliage are of delicate growth.
Fruit
Size: About the size of the early Catharine.
Skin: Smooth and very thin; greenish yellow with a little blush, scarcely perceptible.
Stem: Long and small.
Flesh: Juicy and breaking rather than melting.
Flavor: Pleasant and sweet taste.
Season Ripens about the end of July.
Uses Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.
Other Very attractive to wasps and bees.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- THE SKINLESS, OR POIRE SANS PEAU.
The size of this pear is about that of the early Catharine---the skin is smooth and very thin---the colour a greenish yellow, with a little blush, scarcely perceptible; the stem is long and small---the flesh juicy, and breaking rather than melting, of a pleasant sweet taste, very attractive to wasps and bees---the tree and foliage are of delicate growth---the time of ripening about the end of July.