Professeur Dubreuil

Pear

Professeur Dubreuil (Pear)

Origin and History

Obtained by M. Dubreuil, professor of horticulture, from a bed of seeds of Louise Bonne de Jersey made at the Botanical Garden of Rouen in 1840.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium; pyriform, more or less swelled.

Skin: Rather thick, oily. Ground color green, changing to lemon-yellow. Dotted with russet and carmined on the side of the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: White, fine, buttery, full of sugary juice, with an agreeable perfume.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

End of August and early September.

Quality

First (first-rate).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

View original book sources (1)

Professeur Dubreuil.

i. Pom. France 3: No. 97, Pl. 97. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 634. 1884.

Obtained by M. Dubreuil, professor of horticulture, from a bed of seeds of Louise Bonne de Jersey made at the Botanical Garden of Rouen in 1840. Fruit medium, pyriform, more or less swelled; skin rather thick, oily, green changing to lemon-yellow, dotted with russet and carmined on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, full of sugary juice, with an agreeable perfume; first; end of Aug. and early Sept.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)