Reine Victoria
PearReine Victoria (Pear)
Origin/History
Said to be a seedling from Van Mons. Downing's description is drawn from the Albany Pomologist (Alb. Pom.). Hedrick (1921) cites Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 1869 edition, p. 842, essentially reproducing the same description without addition.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Obovate-acute-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, with shades and patches of fawn.
Flesh/Flavor: White, tinted with rose; fine, melting, juicy, sweet.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Reine Victoria.
Supposed a seedling of Van Mons'.
Fruit medium, obovate acute pyriform, greenish yellow, with shades and patches of fawn. Flesh white, tinted with rose, fine, melting, juicy, sweet. December. (Alb. Pom.)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Reine Victoria, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. Said to be a seedling from Van Mons. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with shades and patches of fawn; flesh white, tinted with rose, fine, melting, juicy, sweet; Dec.