President Parigot
PearPresident Parigot
Origin/History
Originated by Count Nouhes near Pauzauges in the Vendée, France. The seedling gave its first fruit in 1852.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Above medium size, long-conic, narrowed in its upper part and bossed.
Skin: Rather rough; orange-yellow ground color, dotted with greenish-gray and extensively washed with clear gray.
Flesh: Whitish, semi-fine, melting, watery; granular around the core.
Juice and Flavor: Abundant juice, very saccharine, vinous, with a delicious flavor.
Quality: First-rate dessert pear.
Season
October.
Uses
Dessert pear (indicated by first-rate quality rating).
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:548, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)President Parigot.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:548, fig. 1869.
A variety originated by Count Nouhes near Pauzauges in the Vendee, Fr., where the seedling gave its first fruit in 1852. Fruit above medium, long-conic, narrowed in its upper part and bossed; skin rather rough, orange-yellow, dotted with greenish-gray and extensively washed with clear gray; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting, watery, granular around the core; juice abundant, very saccharine, vinous and with a delicious flavor; first; Oct.