Saint Luc
PearSaint Luc
Origin/History
Origin unknown.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Rather small. Ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in contour, with its largest diameter somewhat below the center.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Rather thick though tender. At first pale water-green with dots of green-gray. Changing at maturity to pale golden-yellow, tinged with very light red on the cheek opposed to the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, fine, buttery. Juice fairly abundant, very saccharine and slightly perfumed.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Quality: good.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); cited from Mas Pom. Gen. 7:29, fig. 495 (1881).
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Saint Luc.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 7:29, fig. 495. 1881.
Origin unknown. Fruit rather small, ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in contour, having its largest diameter somewhat below the center; skin rather thick though tender, at first pale water-green, with dots of green-gray, changing at maturity to pale golden-yellow, tinged with very light red on the cheek opposed to the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery; juice fairly abundant, very saccharine and slightly perfumed; good; Aug.