Saint Germain Puvis
PearSaint Germain Puvis
Origin and History
Obtained in 1842 by M. Pariset at Curciat-Dongalon, France.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Above medium; long-conic, obtuse, irregular, much bossed.
Skin: Grass-green, clouded with olive-yellow, sprinkled with small gray dots.
Stem, Cavity, and Basin: Not described in source.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, semi-fine, watery and melting, almost free from granulations. Juice rather deficient, saccharine, acidulous, agreeable. Rated second quality.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
End of September and October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Illustrated in Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie, vol. 2, p. 625 (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Saint Germain Puvis. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:625, fig. 1869. M. Pariset, Curciat-Dongalon, Fr., obtained this variety in 1842. Fruit above medium, long-conic, obtuse, irregular, much bossed, grass-green, clouded with olive-yellow, sprinkled with small gray dots; flesh whitish, semi-fine, watery and melting, almost free from granulations; juice rather deficient, saccharine, acidulous, agreeable; second; end of Sept. and Oct.