Vermillon d'en Haut
PearVermillon d'en Haut
Origin/History
Vermillon d'en Haut is a French variety, originated by M. Boisbunel of Rouen, France, and first reported in 1858. Downing (1900) refers to it simply as "a foreign variety." Hedrick (1921) cites Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie 2:726 (1869) and Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 874 (1869) as the principal early references.
Tree
Downing describes the tree as vigorous, with strong young shoots of a light olive yellow brown. Hedrick characterizes it as moderately vigorous — a slight divergence from Downing's "vigorous" — productive, and pyramidal in habit.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium in size. The three sources give slightly differing form descriptors: Downing calls the fruit obovate pyriform; Thomas describes it as pyriform and Tyson-shaped; Hedrick gives turbinate-pyriform.
Stem: Short and stout, inserted without depression (Hedrick).
Calyx: Large and open (Hedrick).
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: The ground color is described as greenish yellow by Downing, pale yellow by Thomas, and olive-yellow by Hedrick; all three agree that the sun-exposed side is shaded or blushed with red (Thomas specifies "a red cheek").
Flesh and Flavor: Fine, melting, juicy, and sweet (Downing, Hedrick). Thomas concurs — fine, juicy, sweet — and rates the variety very good.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)
- Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921) — listed as Vermilion d'en Haut
- Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903) — listed as Vermillion d'en Haut
View original book sources (3)
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Vermillon d'en Haut.
A foreign variety. Tree vigorous, with strong young shoots of a light olive yellow brown.
Fruit medium size, obovate pyriform, greenish yellow, shaded with red in the sun. Flesh fine, melting, juicy, sweet. September.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Vermillion d'en Haut. Medium, pyriform (Tyson-shaped), pale yellow, a red cheek; fine, juicy, sweet; very good. September. French.
[Additional entry in this volume: "Vermillon d'en Haut", pp. 805–805]
Vermillion d'en Haut. Medium, pyriform (Tyson-shaped), pale yellow, a red cheek; fine, juicy, sweet; very good. September. French.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Vermilion d'en Haut.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:726, fig. 1869.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 874. 1869.
Originated by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., and first reported in 1858. Tree moderately vigorous, productive, pyramidal. Fruit medium, turbinate-pyriform, olive-yellow, shaded with red in the sun; stem short, stout, inserted without depression; calyx large, open; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sweet; Sept.