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Trompetenbirne

Pear

Trompetenbirne

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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Trompetenbirne.

  1. 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.

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