René Dunan

Pear

René Dunan

Origin/History

First noted in Guide Pratique (1895). Placed on trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, and subsequently at Agassiz, British Columbia, and other Canadian Experiment Stations in 1900.

Tree

Pyramidal in form, very fertile.

Fruit

Very large. Skin lemon-yellow, vermilioned on the side exposed to the sun.

Flavor/Flesh

Fine, melting, acidulous; flavor recalls that of Beurré Gris.

Season

November and December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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René Dunan.

i. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.

On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895 and at Agassiz, British Columbia and other Canadian Experiment Stations in 1900. The tree pyramidal and very fertile. Fruit very large, lemon-yellow, vermilioned on the side of the sun; flesh fine, melting, acidulous, recalling the flavor of the Beurré Gris; Nov. and Dec.

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