Rheinische Paradiesbirne

Pear

Rheinische Paradiesbirne

Origin/History Thuringia, Germany, 1801. (First described in Dochnahl, Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:169. 1856.)

Fruit

Size: Large
Form: Conic
Skin: Yellow, blushed and streaked with light red, dotted with yellow
Flesh: Yellow; gritty around the center; sweet

Season End of October and November.

Uses Third quality for the table; first quality for culinary use.

Tree 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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Rheinische Paradiesbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:169. 1856. Thuringia, Ger., 1801. Fruit large, conic, yellow, blushed and streaked with light red, dotted with yellow; flesh yellow, gritty around the center, sweet; third for the table, first for culinary use; end of Oct. and Nov.

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

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