Robert Hogg
PearRobert Hogg
Origin and History
Raised by Leroy at Angers, France, and named after Doctor Robert Hogg, the English horticulturist. The variety first fruited in 1868.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Above medium; ovate, more or less irregular and generally rather swelled in its lower part.
Skin: Slightly rough, rather deep green, much covered with fawn-colored mottles of russet and small gray dots.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, watery, semi-fine, melting. Juice very abundant, saccharine, richly flavored, aromatic, with an agreeable acidity. Rated "first" (superior quality).
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September and October.
Uses
Dessert pear (indicated by "first" quality rating).
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
References
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:584, fig. 1869
- Hogg Fruit Man. 637, 1884
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Robert Hogg.
i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:584, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 637. 1884.
Raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr., and named after Doctor Robert Hogg, the English horticulturist. It first fruited in 1868. Fruit above medium, ovate, more or less irregular and generally rather swelled in its lower part; skin slightly rough, rather deep green, much covered with fawn-colored mottles of russet and small gray dots; flesh whitish, watery, semi-fine, melting: juice very abundant, saccharine, richly flavored, aromatic, with an agreeable acidity; first; Sept. and Oct.