Sinai'sche Buschelbirne
PearSinai'sche Buschelbirne
Origin/History
Mount Sinai, Persia, 1815. Described in Dochnahl's Fuhr. Obstkunde (1856).
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Very small.
Form: Globular, flattened.
Skin: Greenish, blushed; very finely dotted surface.
Flesh/Flavor: Hard, coarse-grained, juiceless, sour, but sweet when ripe.
Season
Winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Other
Quality rating: Third (in historical classification scheme).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Sinai'sche Buschelbirne.
i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:198. 1856. Mount Sinai, Persia, 1815.
Fruit very small, globular, flattened, greenish, blushed, very finely dotted; flesh hard, coarse-grained, juiceless, sour, but sweet when ripe; third; winter.