Verte-longue panachee
Pear
Verte-longue panachee
Origin / History
A striped variety of Long Green of Autumn (Hedrick), differing from the original in having the wood and fruit striped with green and yellow bands and the leaves occasionally striped with yellow. Downing says it differs from Long Green only in being striped with yellow. Listed by Coxe in 1817 as No. 29, "Verte longue Panachee". Figured in Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, 2:195, Pl. XXXVII (1768), and in Annales de Pomologie Belge, 1:65, fig. (1853). Hedrick cites Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, p. 804 (1869), under the name Long Green Panache.
Tree
Wood striped with green and yellow bands. Leaves occasionally striped with yellow.
Fruit
Size: Not described in source.
Form: Not described in source.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Striped with green and yellow bands (Hedrick). Downing distinguishes it from Long Green only by the yellow striping.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
- Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817) — listed as Verte longue Panachee'
- Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
- Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900) — listed as Long Green Panache
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1900)
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
View original book sources (3)
— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)No. 29. Verte longue Panachee'.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Long Green Panache.
Culotte de Suisse. Verte longue panachée.
This differs from Long Green only in being striped with yellow.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Verte-longue panachee.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:195, Pl. XXXVII. 1768.
- Ann. Pom. Belge 1:65, fig. 1853. Long Green Panache.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 804. 1869.
A striped variety of Long Green of Autumn, differing from the original in having the wood and fruit striped with green and yellow bands, and in having the leaves occasionally striped with yellow.