President Royer
PearPresident Royer
Origin and History
M. Xavier Grégoire, a Belgian tanner of Jodoigne, obtained this pear in 1762, when it first fruited.
Source: Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:549, fig. 1869
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Recalling that of the quince, very bossed, rather obtuse; base flat.
Skin: Bright yellow, dotted, streaked and mottled with russet and extensively washed with tender rose on the side of the sun.
Flesh: Fine, firm although quite melting, rather granular at core.
Flavor and Juice: Juice abundant, saccharine, highly perfumed, possessing a slight acidity which renders it agreeable and refreshing.
Quality: First (premier).
Season
October.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)President Royer.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:549, fig. 1869.
M. Xavier Grégoire, the Belgian tanner of Jodoigne, obtained this pear in 1762 when it fruited for the first time. Fruit medium; form recalling that of the quince, very bossed, rather obtuse, base flat, bright yellow, dotted, streaked and mottled with russet and extensively washed with tender rose on the side of the sun; flesh fine, firm although quite melting, rather granular at core; juice abundant, saccharine, highly perfumed, possessing a slight acidity which renders it agreeable and refreshing; first; Oct.