Roux Carcas

Pear

Roux Carcas

Origin/History

This pear bears the name of a nurseryman at Carcassone, Aude, France, who raised it in 1863.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Below medium or small, globular, flattened at both poles and often slightly bossed.

Skin: Yellow-green, dotted with small gray points, slightly marbled with russet.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, coarse, semi-melting, gritty at center. Juice abundant, musky, and saccharine, possessing a rather astringent after-taste.

Season

End of August.

Quality/Uses

Second (second-rate quality).

Sources cited by Hedrick:

Gard. Chron. 55. 1865
Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:602, fig. 1869

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Roux Carcas.

Gard. Chron. 55. 1865. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:602, fig. 1869.

This pear bears the name of a nurseryman at Carcassone, Aude, Fr., who raised it in 1863. Fruit below medium or small, globular, flattened at both poles and often slightly bossed, yellow-green dotted with small gray points, slightly marbled with russet; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, musky, and saccharine, possessing a rather astringent after-taste; second; end of Aug.

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