Professeur Barral
PearProfesseur Barral
Origin / History
Obtained by M. Boisselot, Nantes, France, a well-known seedsman, from seeds of Bartlett, in 1862.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Very large.
Form: Globular, rather irregular and bossed.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Thick, orange-yellow, dotted with gray and lightly washed with bright russet on the exposed side.
Dots: Gray.
Flesh and flavor: Whitish, fine or semi-fine, melting, watery. Juice abundant, sugary, vinous, acidulous and full of flavor. Quality first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in October and the beginning of November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Figured in Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie, vol. 2, p. 565, fig., 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— 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.