Schmalblattrige Schneebirne

Pear

Origin/History

Germany, 1809. First documented reference: Dochnahl, 1856.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Small, spherical. Skin thick, yellow-green, dotted and speckled with brown. Flesh coarse. Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds not described in source.

Season

December and January.

Uses

Not described in source.

Other

Quality class: third.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Schmalblattrige Schneebirne.

i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:199. 1856.

Germany, 1809.

Fruit grows in bunches, small, spherical; skin thick, yellow-green, dotted and speckled with brown; flesh coarse; third; Dec. and Jan.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)