Saint Germain Gris
PearSaint Germain Gris
Origin and History
Found by M. Prevost, long president of the Horticultural Society of Seine-Inférieure, France, in the ancient garden of the Friars of Saint-Ouen, at Rouen, about the year 1804.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium to large; long-ovate. Irregular in its upper part, often bossed and elevated more on one side of the stalk than on the other.
Stem and Cavity: Elevated asymmetrically — more pronounced on one side of the stalk than the other.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Grayish-green dotted with brown.
Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish; semi-fine; melting; saccharine; juicy; slightly acidulous. Flavor deliciously scented. Quality: first (excellent).
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Mid-December and January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cited in Leroy's Dictionnaire Pomologique (1869), with illustration.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Saint Germain Gris.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:623, fig. 1869.
Found by M. Prevost, long president of the Horticultural Society of Seine-Inferieure, Fr., in the ancient garden of the Friars of Saint-Ouen, at Rouen, about the year 1804.
Fruit medium to large, long-ovate, irregular in its upper part and often bossed and elevated more on one side of the stalk than on the other, grayish-green dotted with brown; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, melting, saccharine, juicy, slightly acidulous, with a deliciously scented flavor; first; mid-Dec. and Jan.