Souvenir du Vénérable de la Salle
PearSouvenir du Vénérable de la Salle
Origin / History
Said to have been originated by M. Sannier, Rouen, France. First recorded in Revue Horticole, 1886, page 236.
Tree
Tree of good vigor. Medium productive.
Fruit
Size: Fruit medium.
Form: Fruit resembling Bon-Chrétien d'Hiver in form.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Not described in source.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh fine, melting, sweet; of first quality.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Oct. and Nov.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Souvenir du Vénérable de la Salle.
i. Rev. Hort. 236. 1886. Said to have been originated by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree of good vigor, medium productive. Fruit medium, resembling Bon-Chrétien d'Hiver in form; flesh fine, melting, sweet; of first quality; Oct. and Nov.