Sucrée de Montluçon
PearSucrée de Montluçon
Origin / History
Found in a hedge at Montluçon, France, about 1812, by M. Rochet. Bunyard calls it "a very delicious fruit, worthy of cultivation."
Tree
Growth vigorous and hardy; fertility good. Leaf rather large, upfolded, very neatly serrate.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 3 by 3¾.
Form: Oval-conic, uneven.
Stem: Medium, rather stout and woody. Hedrick gives "medium long, rather short and woody."
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Large, closed.
Basin: Narrow, shallow.
Skin: Smooth. Lemon yellow, very rarely russeted in patches.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Palest yellow, transparent, extremely juicy, well flavored; very delicious.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Cited to Decaisne, VI, 27 (Bunyard), and to Guide Prat. 48, 294, 1895 (Hedrick).
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)SUCREE DE MONTLUCON. Decaisne, VI., 27. G. Susse von Montluçon. (Sucree Vert.) Dessert, October, medium, 3 by 3¾, oval conical, uneven. Skin, smooth. Colour, lemon yellow, very rarely russeted in patches. Flesh, palest yellow, transparent, extremely juicy and well flavoured. Eye, large and closed in a narrow shallow basin. Stem, medium, rather stout and woody. Growth, vigorous and hardy; fertility good. Leaf, rather large, upfolded, very neatly serrate. Origin, found in a hedge at Montlucon, France about 1812, by M. Rochet. A very delicious fruit, worthy of cultivation.
Sucree Vert: see Sucree de Montlucon.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Sucree de Montlucon.
- Guide Prat. 48, 294. 1895.
- Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 198. 1920.
Found in a hedge at Montlucon, Fr., about 1812, by M. Rochet. Fruit medium, oval-conic, uneven, lemon-yellow; stem medium long, rather short and woody; calyx large, closed, in a narrow, shallow basin; flesh palest yellow, transparent, extremely juicy, well flavored, very delicious; Oct.