Professeur Barral
PearProfesseur Barral
Origin and History
Obtained by M. Boisselot, a well-known seedsman of Nantes, France, from seeds of Bartlett in 1862.
Fruit
Very large, globular, rather irregular and bossed. Skin thick, orange-yellow, dotted with gray and lightly washed with bright russet on the exposed side. Flesh whitish, fine or semi-fine, melting, and watery. Juice abundant, sugary, vinous, acidulous, and full of flavor.
Season
October and beginning of November.
Uses
Classified as "first" quality, indicating a dessert pear of the highest rank.
Tree
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); original reference Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:565, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Professeur Barral.
i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:565, fig. 1869.
M. Boisselot, Nantes, Fr., a well known seedsman, obtained this pear from seeds of Bartlett, in 1862. Fruit very large, globular, rather irregular and bossed; skin thick, orange-yellow, dotted with gray and lightly washed with bright russet on the exposed side; flesh whitish, fine or semi-fine, melting, watery; juice abundant, sugary, vinous, acidulous and full of flavor; first; Oct. and beginning of Nov.