Rote Holzbirne

Pear

Rote Holzbirne

Origin and History

An Austrian perry pear. First documented in Loschnig's Mostbirnen (1913).

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, globular-turbinate.

Skin: Greenish to citron-yellow, slightly blushed on the sunny side, densely dotted with cinnamon.

Flesh: Yellowish, rather coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid.

Season

October.

Uses

Perry pear (cider production).

Note on source limitations: Hedrick's brief entry does not describe stem characteristics, cavity, calyx, basin, tree growth habit, or bark/twig features. Additional historical sources on Austrian perry pears may supply these details.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Rote Holzbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 198, fig. 1913. An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, greenish to citronyellow, slightly blushed on the sunny side and densely dotted with cinnamon; flesh yellowish, rather coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid; Oct.

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