Sylvie de Malzine

Pear

Sylvie de Malzine

Origin / History

Sylvie de Malzine was sent out by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Belgium. The variety is recorded in the Guide Prat, page 100, 1895. It is entered in U.P. Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921).

Tree

Tree vigorous and fertile.

Fruit

Size: Fruit medium.

Form: Globular.

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 rather fine, melting, recalling the Beurré d'Angleterre by its flavor.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Ripens in November and December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Sylvie de Malzine.

i. Guide Prat. 100. 1895.

Sent out by Daras de Naghin, Anvers, Bel. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit medium, globular; flesh rather fine, melting, recalling the Beurré d'Angleterre by its flavor; Nov. and Dec.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)