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Origin and History
A variety raised at Leroy's nurseries in Angers, France, in 1867. First described in Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie (1869).
Fruit Description
Size and Form: Above medium to large; globular in shape, flattened at the poles, with the fruit more enlarged on one side than on the other (asymmetrical).
Skin: Rough texture. Ground color grass-green. On the shaded side, dotted and veined with olive-russet. On the face exposed to the sun, bronzed and dotted with bright fawn.
Flesh: Very white in color. Melting texture. Fine to semi-fine grain. Entirely free from granulations. Very juicy. Acidulous (slightly tart) with highly saccharine (very sweet) character. Possesses a delicious perfume and flavor.
Season and Quality
Harvest: October
Quality Rating: First class (top tier)
Characteristics for Identification
The distinctive features of this variety are: the asymmetrical, one-sided enlargement within its globular form; the rough, grass-green skin with contrasting russet-veining on the shaded side and bright fawn-bronze coloring on the sun-exposed face; and the very white, granulation-free, melting flesh with pronounced juiciness balanced by acidity and high sugar content with notable perfumed flavor.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Premier Président Métivier.
i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:545, fig. 1869.
A variety raised in Leroy's nurseries at Angers, Fr., in 1867. Fruit above medium or large, globular, flattened at the poles, more enlarged on one side than on the other; skin rough, grass-green, dotted and veined with olive-russet on the shaded side, and bronzed and dotted with bright fawn on the face exposed to the sun; flesh very white, melting, fine or semi-fine, free from granulations, very juicy, acidulous, highly saccharine, with delicious perfume and flavor; first; Oct.