Roi-Guillaume
PearRoi-Guillaume
Origin and History Developed by Van Mons.
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit Medium, ovate, with uneven surface throughout. Skin at first pale water-green, sprinkled with brown dots, changing to lemon-yellow with more golden coloring on the sun-exposed side and often washed with orange-red. Flesh white, coarse, and granular, rather gritty at the core. Juice is saccharine and perfumed but rather wanting in amount.
Season September.
Uses Third for the table; good for the kitchen.
Subtypes and Variants Not described in source.
Source Citation
U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921). Originally described in Mas Pom. Gen. 4:91, fig. 238 (1879).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Roi-Guillaume.
i. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:91, fig. 238. 1879.
Gained by Van Mons. Fruit medium, ovate, uneven on all its surface; skin at first pale water-green, sprinkled with brown dots, changing to lemon-yellow, more golden on the side next the sun and often washed with orange-red; flesh white, coarse, granular, rather gritty at core; juice saccharine and perfumed but rather wanting in amount; third for the table, good for the kitchen; Sept.