Sénateur Préfet

Pear

Sénateur Préfet

Origin/History

Published in France by M. Boisbunel; recorded in Guide Prat. (1876).

Tree

Vigorous and very fertile.

Fruit

Size & Form: Medium or large, oval-pyriform.

Flesh & Flavor: White, fine, melting, juicy, saccharine, vinous.

Quality: First (first-class).

Season

March to May.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Sénateur Préfet.

i. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.

Published in France by M. Boisbunel. Tree vigorous and very fertile. Fruit medium or large, oval-pyriform; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, saccharine, vinous; first; March to May.

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