Saint Louis
PearSaint Louis
Origin/History Found in the ancient fruit garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France, without any record of origin.
Tree Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium or below.
Form: Globular-ovate, somewhat bossed.
Skin: Yellow-ochre all over, sprinkled with dots and very small specks of fawn, more or less carmined on the face turned to the sun.
Flesh: White, rather coarse, semi-melting.
Juice and Flavor: Abundant juice, rather saccharine, sweetish, without any appreciable perfume.
Quality: Third class.
Season Latter part of August.
Uses Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.
Other Described in Leroy, Dictionnaire Pomologique, vol. 2, p. 634, with figure (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Saint Louis.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:634, fig. 1869.
Found in the ancient fruit garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr., and without any record of origin.
Fruit medium or below, globular-ovate, somewhat bossed, yellow-ochre all over, sprinkled with dots and very small specks of fawn, more or less carmined on the face turned to the sun; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-melting; juice abundant, rather saccharine, sweetish, without any appreciable perfume; third; latter part of Aug.