Soldat Bouvier

Pear

Soldat Bouvier

Origin and History

Raised by Xavier Grégoire in Jodoigne, Belgium. Published in Mas Pom. Gen. 4:37, fig. 211, 1879.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Nearly medium; globular-conic, regular in outline.

Skin: Rather firm. At first a dark green, sprinkled with dots of a darker shade. Brightens to yellowish at maturity. Extensively colored with blood-red on the cheek next the sun.

Flesh: Whitish, rather fine, buttery, melting.

Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient, saccharine and delicately perfumed. Quality good to first class.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Soldat Bouvier.

i. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:37, fig. 211. 1879. Raised by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit nearly medium, globular-conic, regular in outline; skin rather firm, at first a dark green, sprinkled with dots of a darker shade, brightening to yellowish at maturity and extensively colored with blood-red on the cheek next the sun; flesh whitish, rather fine, buttery, melting; juice sufficient, saccharine and delicately perfumed; good to first; Sept.

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