Skinless

Pear

Skinless

Origin and History

Described in William Coxe's A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817), where it is also called Poire Sans Peau (literally "pear without skin").

Tree

The tree and foliage are of delicate growth.

Fruit

Size and Form About the size of the early Catharine pear.

Stem Long and small.

Skin Smooth and very thin. Color greenish yellow with a little blush, scarcely perceptible.

Cavity Not described in source.

Calyx Not described in source.

Basin Not described in source.

Flesh and Flavor Juicy and breaking rather than melting, of a pleasant sweet taste. The fruit is very attractive to wasps and bees.

Core and Seeds Not described in source.

Season

Ripens about the end of July.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817) — listed as Skinless, Or Poire Sans Peau

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THE SKINLESS, OR POIRE SANS PEAU.

The size of this pear is about that of the early Catharine---the skin is smooth and very thin---the colour a greenish yellow, with a little blush, scarcely perceptible; the stem is long and small---the flesh juicy, and breaking rather than melting, of a pleasant sweet taste, very attractive to wasps and bees---the tree and foliage are of delicate growth---the time of ripening about the end of July.

— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)

Birne Ohne Haut Citronen B. (Schlesien) Ernte B Erntebirne Fleur de Guigne Frühe Rousselet Frühe Russelet Gelbe Frühe Sommer Muskateller Muscat Longue Ohne Haut Petit-Rousselet Hätif Poire Sans Peau Precoce de Glady Rousselet Petit Hätif Sans-Peau d'Ete Sommer Birne ohne Schale Zartschalige Sommerbirne