Rothbackige Sommerzuckerbirne

Pear

Origin/History: Germany, 1801. Source: Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:49. 1856.

Tree: Not described in source.

Fruit:

Size and Form: Small, pyriform.

Skin: Smooth. Color transitions from pale green to shining lemon-yellow; lightly blushed on the sunny side. Surface is dotted.

Flesh and Flavor: Rose-tinted, saccharine, semimelting, and granular in texture. Deficient in flavor.

Season: September.

Uses: Second rate for dessert; first rate for cuisine and market.

Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.

Other: Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Rothbackige Sommerzuckerbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:49. 1856. Germany, 1801. Fruit small, pyriform, smooth, pale green turning to shining lemon-yellow, lightly blushed on the sunny side, dotted; flesh rose-tinted, saccharine, semimelting, granular, deficient in flavor; second for dessert, first for cuisine and market; Sept.

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