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Rousselet d'Anvers

Pear

Rousselet d'Anvers

Origin and History

Raised by M. Daras de Naghin in Antwerp, Belgium. First recorded in Guide Prat. (1895).

Tree

Vigorous and fertile. Hardy; resisted the great European frost of 1879–1880.

Fruit

Size: Medium

Form: Globular-ovate

Skin: Yellowish-green, slightly tinged with dark red

Flesh: Semi-fine, melting, saccharine and well flavored

Quality: First (highest class)

Season

October

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Rousselet d'Anvers.

  1. Guide Prat. 58. 1895.

A variety raised by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Tree vigorous and fertile, hardy, resisted the great European frost of 1879-1880. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, yellowish-green, slightly tinged with dark red; flesh semi-fine, melting, saccharine and well flavored; first; Oct.

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