Rose Doyenne

Pear

Rose Doyenne

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Rather large.

Form: Obovate.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellow and crimson.

Flesh/Flavor: Flesh coarse and granular. Flavor poor. Rots at core.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Rose Doyenne.

i. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 713. 1897.

Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow and crimson; flesh coarse, granular, flavor poor, rots at core; Oct.

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

Rose Doyenné. Rather large, obovate, yellow and crimson; coarse, granular; flavor poor; rots at core. October.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)