Ridelle's
PearRidelle's
Origin / History
A Belgian pear (Thomas). Shown by the President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society at the Society's seventeenth annual exhibition in September 1845. Recorded in the Society's report for that year. Hedrick cites the report, and also Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America of 1869.
Tree
Tree of moderate vigor, productive. Shoots reddish brown (Elliott).
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Oblate turbinate, remotely pyriform.
Stem: Short; fleshy at its insertion by a lip (Elliott).
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Very shallow (Elliott).
Skin: Yellow, covered nearly all over with bright red.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh not very fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor. Downing calls it "scarcely good"; Thomas rates it "of moderate quality."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 4 period pomological works
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1849) from Massachusetts
- Hovey & Co. , Cambridge , Massachusetts — 1849 — listed as Poire Ridelles
View original book sources (4)
— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Ridelle's.
Beurré Audusson, | Poire Ritelle.
Tree, of moderate vigor, reddish brown shoots; productive. Fruit, medium, oblate turbinate, remotely pyriform; skin, yellow, covered nearly all over with bright red; stalk, short, fleshy at its insertion by a lip; calyx, open, in a very shallow basin; flesh, not very fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor. September.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Ridelle's.
Poire Ridelle.
Tree of moderate vigor, productive.
Fruit medium, oblate turbinate, remotely pyriform. Skin yellow, covered nearly all over with bright red. Stalk short. Calyx open. Flesh not very fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor. Scarcely good. September.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Ridelle's. Medium, oblate turbinate, yellow and bright red; of moderate quality. September. Belgian.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Ridelle.
- Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1845.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869.
Shown at the seventeenth annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in September, 1845, by the President of the Society. Fruit medium, oblate-turbinate, remotely pyriform, yellow covered nearly all over with bright red; flesh semifine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor; scarcely good; Sept.