Souvenir de Julia

Pear

Souvenir de Julia

Origin/History

Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Belgium. Referenced in Guide Pratique (1895).

Tree

Vigorous and fertile.

Fruit

Form and size: Medium, globular.

Skin: Whitish-yellow, blushed with rose.

Flesh and flavor: Fine, semi-melting, saccharine, juicy.

Season

October and November.

Uses

First quality (dessert pear).

Calyx, Basin, Cavity, Core, and Seeds

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Souvenir de Julia.

Guide Prat. 60. 1895.

Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Bel. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit medium, globular, whitish-yellow, blushed with rose; flesh fine, semi-melting, saccharine, juicy; first; Oct. and Nov.

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