Sommer-Russelet

Pear

Origin/History Thuringia, 1807

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: medium
Form: pyriform
Skin: light yellow, blushed all over
Flesh and Flavor: breaking, juicy, with a flavor of cinnamon

Season Beginning of August

Uses Second for table, first for household and market

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Sommer-Russelet.

Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:46. 1856.

Thuringia, 1807. Fruit medium, pyriform, light yellow, blushed all over; flesh breaking, juicy, with a flavor of cinnamon; second for table, first for household and market; beginning of Aug.

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