Saint-Augustin
PearSaint-Augustin
Origin and History
An old French pear, published in 1650 by Mangé.
Fruit
Size and Form: Below medium, pyriform-ovate, rather regular in form, slightly obtuse.
Skin: Dirty yellow, dotted with gray, stained with fawn around both poles and sometimes slightly clouded with brown-red on the side next the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, semi-fine, breaking. Juice rather wanting. Taste sweet, saccharine, slightly musky and pleasant.
Quality: Second rate.
Season
February to April.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds
Not described in source.
Tree Characteristics
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Source Citations:
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:230, Pl. LVIII, fig. 3 (1768)
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:614, fig. (1869)
- U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Saint-Augustin.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:230, Pl. LVIII, fig. 3. 1768.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:614, fig. 1869.
An old French pear published in 1650 by Manage. Fruit below medium, pyriform-ovate, rather regular in form, slightly obtuse, dirty yellow, dotted with gray, stained with fawn around both poles and sometimes slightly clouded with brown-red on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, breaking; juice rather wanting, sweet, saccharine, slightly musky and pleasant; second; Feb. to Apr.