Rougeaude

Pear

Rougeaude

Origin / History

First published in 1831 in Prince's Pomological Manual, volume 1, page 88, under the name Rougeaude.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Pyramidal, fairly regular.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish on the shaded side, but about three-fourths of the fruit is of a darker or lighter shade of red.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Firm, dry, with some sweetness but insipid and wanting in flavor. Quality indifferent.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

January.

Uses

Not described in source.

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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Rougeaude.

i. Prince Pom. Man. 1:88. 1831.

Fruit medium, pyramidal, fairly regular, skin yellowish on the shaded side, but about three-fourths of the fruit is of a darker or lighter shade of red; flesh firm, dry, with some sweetness but insipid and wanting in flavor; indifferent; Jan.

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

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