Princesse d'Orange
PearPrincesse d'Orange (Pear)
Origin/History
Found by Count de Coloma in the garden of the Riches-Claires Nunnery at Mechlin, Belgium, about 1788. The variety remained unnamed for forty years.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium; globular or globular-ovate; bossed; seldom very regular in form.
Skin: Lemon-yellow, largely covered with reddish-brown russet, and more or less carmined on the side next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: White and fine, melting or semi-melting, juicy, vinous, saccharine, slightly perfumed with anis. A first-class dessert pear.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
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)Princesse d'Orange.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:560. 1869.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 634. 1884.
According to Van Mons this was found by Count de Coloma in the garden of the Riches-Claires Nunnery at Mechlin, Bel., about 1788, but remained unnamed for forty years. Fruit medium, globular or globular-ovate, bossed, seldom very regular in form, lemon-yellow, largely covered with reddish-brown russet, and more or less carmined on the side next the sun; flesh white and fine, melting or semi-melting, juicy, vinous, saccharine, slightly perfumed with anis; a first-class dessert pear; Oct.