Souvenir Désiré Gilain
PearSouvenir Désiré Gilain
Origin/History
Stated in a Bulletin of the Society Van Mons to have been a gain of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Belgium. First described in the Guide Pratique in 1876.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form Medium; ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in outline, with its greatest diameter well below the centre.
Skin Rather firm, pale green sown with dots of darker green. Turns pale yellow when ripe, rather golden on the side next the sun and touched with a tinge of red.
Flesh and Flavor White, fine, breaking, juicy. Saccharine and vinous; flavor described as difficult to characterize.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds Not described in source.
Season
August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Souvenir Désiré Gilain.
i. Guide Prat. 108. 1876.
Stated in a Bulletin of the Society Van Mons to have been a gain of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in outline, having its greatest diameter well below the centre; skin rather firm, pale green, sown with dots of darker green, turning pale yellow when ripe, rather golden on the side next the sun and touched with a tinge of red; flesh white, fine, breaking, juicy, saccharine, vinous, with a flavor difficult to describe; Aug.