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Rousselet de Jodoigne

Pear

Rousselet de Jodoigne

Origin/History

Described in 1876 as a "recent" gain of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Belgium. First published description in Mas Pomologie Générale, vol. 6, p. 69, fig. 419 (1880).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Form: Small, globular-turbinate, obtuse at apex.

Skin: Bright vivid green, sprinkled with numerous very small dots of gray-green. Russeted around the calyx and lower part of the fruit.

Flesh: White, tinted with green, semi-fine, semi-buttery.

Juice: Abundant.

Flavor: Saccharine, acidulous, with the characteristic Rousselet perfume.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Rousselet de Jodoigne.

i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:69, fig. 419. 1880.

Described in 1876 as a "recent" gain of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.

Fruit small globular-turbinate, obtuse at apex; skin rather firm, bright and vivid green, sprinkled with numerous very small dots of gray-green, russeted around the calyx and lower part of the fruit; flesh white, tinted with green, semi-fine, semi-buttery; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, having the characteristic Rousselet perfume.

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