Trompetenbirne
PearTrompetenbirne
Origin and History
Diel obtained this variety at Schaumburg, Westphalia, but it appears to have originated at Nassau, Prussia. Published in 1805.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Medium in size, pyriform-conic in form, often irregular in shape and uneven on the surface. Skin rather thick and firm, light green changing to light yellow, covered with numerous small, round, brown spots and blushed with wine-red on the side next the sun. Flesh whitish, semi-melting, and granular. Juice sufficient in quantity, very vinous but a little too astringent. Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Third for dessert, first for household.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Sources:
- Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 1:97, fig. 49. 1872.
- U.P. Hedrick. The Pears of New York. 1921.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Trompetenbirne.
- Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856. Poire Trompette. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:97, fig. 49. 1872.
Diel obtained this variety at Schaumburg, Westphalia, but it appears to have originated at Nassau, Prussia. Published in 1805. Fruit medium, pyriform-conic, often irregular in form and uneven on the surface; skin rather thick and firm, light green changing to light yellow, covered with numerous small, round, brown spots and on the side next the sun blushed with wine-red; flesh whitish, semi-melting, granular; juice sufficient in quantity, very vinous but a little too astringent; third for dessert, first for household; Oct.