Sabine
PearSabine (Pear)
Origin and History
The parent tree of this variety was acquired by Van Mons from a garden at Schaerbeek, Belgium, and ripened its fruit first in 1817.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium. Sometimes irregular-conic, sometimes ovate-pyriform, and often rather deformed in contour.
Skin: Rather rough. Bright green, dotted uniformly with dark gray, changing to lemon-yellow, washed with thin yet vivid crimson.
Flesh and Flavor: White tinted with yellow, fine, melting, rather gritty around the core. Full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed. Quality: first (highest grade).
Season
December and January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes or Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); citing Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:610, fig. 1869.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Sabine.
i. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:610, fig. 1869.
The parent tree of this variety was acquired by Van Mons from a garden at Schaerbeek, Bel., and ripened its fruit first in 1817. Fruit medium, sometimes irregular-conic, sometimes ovate-pyriform and often rather deformed in contour; skin rather rough, bright green, dotted uniformly with dark gray changing to lemon-yellow, washed with thin yet vivid crimson; flesh white tinted with yellow, fine, melting, rather gritty around the core, full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed; first; Dec. and Jan.