Poire Thouin

Pear

Poire Thouin

Origin and History

According to Diel, Poire Thouin was obtained by Van Mons. Reference: Mas Pom. Gen. 6:177, fig. 473 (1880).

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; ovate, more or less short, usually symmetrical in contour, with largest circumference at center.

Skin: Bright green, sprinkled with numerous inconspicuous spots of a darker shade. At maturity, the skin changes to pale yellow and is washed with orange-red on the side next the sun in well-exposed fruits. Skin a little thick and firm.

Flesh and Flavor: White, coarse, breaking. Full of saccharine juice and perfumed. Third quality for the season of its maturity.

Stem, Cavity, and Calyx: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Early September.

Tree

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Poire Thouin. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:177, fig. 473. 1880. According to Diel, Poire Thouin was obtained by Van Mons. Fruit medium, ovate, more or less short, usually symmetrical in contour, largest circumference at center; skin a little thick and firm, bright green, sprinkled with numerous inconspicuous spots of a darker shade, changing to pale yellow, and washed with orange-red on the side next the sun of well-exposed fruits; flesh white, coarse, breaking, full of saccharine juice, perfumed; third, for the season of its maturity; early Sept.

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