St. Germain

Pear

St. Germain

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Shoots slender, light olive. Leaves narrow, folded, and recurved. Vigorous and productive (Rivers).

Fruit

Size and Form: Large, long pyriform; small specimens obovate. Very large specimens also noted (Rivers).

Stem: Stalk about one inch long, oblique.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Small and shallow.

Skin: Surface yellowish-green, faintly tinged with brown to the sun.

Flesh/Flavor: White, slightly gritty, juicy, melting, sub-acid.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Late autumn and early winter.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

The Striped St. Germain is a sub-variety, differing only in its faint yellow stripes.

Other

Fails in many localities and becomes a poor fruit where not well adapted.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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St. Germain. Large, long pyriform, small specimens obovate; surface yellowish-green, faintly tinged with brown to the sun; stalk an inch long, oblique; basin small and shallow; flesh white, slightly gritty, juicy, melting, sub-acid. Fails in many localities, and becomes a poor fruit. Late autumn and early winter. Shoots slender, light olive, leaves narrow, folded, and recurved. The striped St. Germain is a sub-variety, differing only in its faint yellow stripes.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

large; very large; vigorous and productive

— Thomas Rivers & Son, Thomas Rivers Catalogue of Fruits (1914) (1914)