President d'Osmonville
PearOrigin and History
This variety was a posthumous gain of M. Léon Leclerc, Laval, France, in 1834, an amateur well known among French pomologists.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium
Form: Ovate-pyriform
Skin: Smooth, fine and tender. Very pale green, changing to pale yellow, more golden on the side of the sun. Occasionally washed on more-exposed fruits with a suggestion of rosy red.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellow. Very fine, entirely melting. Filled with saccharine juice. Vinous, and penetrated with a lively musk flavor.
Quality Rating: First
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 6 catalogs (1897–1917) from England
- Kelway & Son , Langport, Somerset , England — 1897
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
- George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)President d'Osmonville.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:547, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 194. 1920.
This variety was a posthumous gain of M. Léon Leclerc, Laval, Fr., in 1834, an amateur well known among French pomologists. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin smooth, fine and tender, very pale green changing to pale yellow, more golden on the side of the sun, or occasionally washed on the more-exposed fruits with a suggestion of rosy red; flesh yellow, very fine, entirely melting, filled with saccharine juice, vinous, and penetrated with a lively musk flavor; first; Oct.