Prager Scharerbirne

Pear

Prager Scharerbirne

Origin/History Germany. First documented in Oberdieck Obst. Sort. (1881).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium (3½ x 2¼ in.), ovate and pyriform.

Skin: Smooth, greenish turning to lemon-yellow, blushed on the sunny side, very finely dotted.

Flesh: Yellowish-white, tender, agreeably aromatic and sweet.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season October to end of January.

Uses First-rate for kitchen and household purposes.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Prager Scharerbirne.

i. Oberdieck Obst. Sort. 321. 1881.

Germany. Fruit medium (3½ x 2¼ in.), ovate and pyriform, smooth, greenish turning to lemon-yellow blushed on the sunny side, very finely dotted; flesh yellowish-white, tender, agreeably aromatic and sweet; first for kitchen and household purposes; Oct. to end of Jan.

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