Souvenir d'Esperen de Berckmans
PearSouvenir d'Esperen de Berckmans
Origin and History
Obtained by M. Berckmans at his establishment in this country. Should not be confounded with the Souvenir d'Esperen raised by M. Bivort.
(Referenced in Mas Pomologie générale 3:151, fig. 172, 1878)
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or rather large, conic-pyriform, often a little irregular in contour.
Skin: Fine and thin. Water-green, sprinkled with large brown dots (numerous and prominent) and patches of russet. At maturity, the skin changes to lemon-yellow, with the russet becoming golden.
Flesh: White, a little tinted with yellow, rather fine, buttery, melting.
Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient in amount, highly saccharine and perfumed. Quality rated good.
Season
October.
Tree Characteristics
Not described in source.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, and Core
Not described in source.
Uses
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 d'Esperen de Berckmans.
i. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:151, fig. 172. 1878.
Obtained by M. Berckmans at his establishment in this country and should not be confounded with the Souvenir d'Esperen raised by M. Bivort. Fruit medium or rather large, conic-pyriform, often a little irregular in contour; skin fine, thin, water-green, sprinkled with large brown dots, both numerous and prominent and patches of russet, changing to lemon-yellow at maturity, the russet becoming golden; flesh white, a little tinted with yellow, rather fine, buttery, melting; juice sufficient in amount and highly saccharine and perfumed; good; Oct.