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Summer Rambour

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Summer Rambour

Origin/History

Foreign origin (Elliott).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Above medium (Elliott).

Form: Roundish, flattened (Elliott).

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Greenish yellow, streaked with red (Elliott).

Flesh/Flavor: Apt to be mealy (Elliott).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August (Elliott).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Thomas (1903) lists Summer Rambour as a cross-reference only: "See Rambour d'Eté." No independent description is given; the entry confirms the name is treated as synonymous with Rambour d'Eté in that work.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

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Summer Rambour. Summer Rambo, | Rambour Franc, | Rambour d'Ete. Foreign. Above medium, greenish yellow, streaked with red, roundish flattened, apt to be mealy. August.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Summer Rambour. See Rambour d'Eté.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)
August Breitling Back Apfel Back-A Bambour Blanc d'Ete Bambour Blanc d’Ete Breitling Cambour des Lorrains Charmant Blanc Dictum Frank Rambour Früher Ramburger Fürsten A Fürsten Apfel Gestreifter Back A Gros-Rambour d'Ete Gros-Rambour d’Ete Grosser Breitling Grosser Korn A Herbst Breitling Kindskopf A Kindskopf Apfel Lorraine (P. de) Lothringer A Lothringer Apfel Lothringer Rambour Lothringer Rambour d'Ete Lothringer Rambour d’Ete Malum Lotharingicum Cambour Mühl A Mühl Apfel Notre-Dame (P. de) Pariser Pariser A Pomme de Notre-Dame Pomme de la Lorraine Rambour Aigre Rambour Blanc Rambour Blanc d' Ete Rambour Blanc d’ Ete Rambour Franc Rambour Franc d' Ete Rambour Franc d'Ete Rambour Franc d’ Ete Rambour Franc d’Ete Rambour Frank Rambour Raye Rambour d' Ete Rambour d'Ete Rambour d'Eté Rambour de France Rambour d’ Ete Rambourg (P. de) Rambourg Aigre Rambourg Franc Rambourg d' Ete Rambourg d'Ete Rambourg d’ Ete Rambourg d’Ete Rambu Rambure (P. de) Ramburet (P. de) Remboure d'Ete Remboure d’Ete Rosenthaler A Rotgestreifter Pfund A Rotgestreifter Teller Rotgestreifter Teller A Sommer A Sommer Apfel Summer Rambo Wasserluiken Weisser Ramburger Weisser Sommer Rambour Beauty Of Kent Grosh Summer Rambo No. 8. Rambour D'Ete