Présent de Van Mons
PearPrésent de Van Mons — Pear
Origin and History
A seedling of Van Mons raised at Louvain, Belgium. First fruited with General Delaage at Angers, France, in 1844.
Fruit
Size and Form:
Large, turbinate (pear-shaped), shortened and ventriculous in its lower part (broad and swollen), very much narrowed and slightly constricted at the top, which is rarely very obtuse.
Skin:
Lemon-yellow, strewn with large gray dots, fully colored with dull red on the side exposed to the sun.
Flesh, Flavor, and Juice:
White, fine or semi-fine, melting. Gritty below the core. Juice abundant. Flavor saccharine, sourish, and vinous with an aromatic quality.
Quality:
First rate.
Season
February to April (ripening and storage season).
Tree
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Source: Leroy Dictionnaire de Pomologie, vol. 2, p. 546, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Présent de Van Mons.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:546, fig. 1869.
A seedling of Van Mons raised at Louvain, Bel., but which first fruited with General Delaage at Angers, Fr., in 1844. Fruit large, turbinate, shortened and ventriculous in its lower part, very much narrowed and slightly constricted at the top which is rarely very obtuse, lemon-yellow, strewn with large gray dots, fully colored with dull red on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, fine, or semi-fine, melting, gritty below the core; juice abundant; saccharine, sourish and vinous, with an aromatic flavor; first; Feb. to Apr.