Summer Portugal

Pear

Summer Portugal

Origin/History

Not described in source. (Historical notation: "Passans du Portugal")

Tree

Shoots upright, reddish-brown. Very productive.

Fruit

Size and Form: Rather small, often nearly medium, roundish-oblate, regular.

Skin: Yellowish-green or pale yellow, with a handsome red cheek in the sun, formed of the reddened dots.

Stem: About an inch long.

Cavity: Shallow.

Calyx: Stiff, erect.

Basin: Shallow.

Flesh and Flavor: White, breaking, tender, juicy, moderately good.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Late summer.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

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

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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Summer Portugal. (Passans du Portugal.) Size rather small, often nearly medium, roundish-oblate, regular; skin yellowish-green or pale yellow, with a handsome red cheek in the sun, formed of the reddened dots; stalk about an inch long; calyx stiff, erect; cavity and basin shallow; flesh white, breaking, tender, juicy, moderately good. Late summer. Very productive. Shoots upright, reddish-brown.

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

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