Verte Longue Panachée, Striped Long Green
PearVerte Longue Panachée, Striped Long Green, Culottes de Suisse
Origin and History
This variety is supposed to be a sport or variant of the Mouille Bouche, or Long Green.
Tree
Bearing habit: Bears abundantly.
Other tree characteristics (growth habit, vigor, bark, twigs, buds, leaves): Not described in source.
Fruit
Form and size: Round at the blossom end, lessening gradually by a gentle curve toward the stem.
Stem: About an inch in length.
Skin: Yellow, with green stripes running from the crown to the stem. Dark green spots are present throughout. Sometimes a portion of red toward the sun is blended with the green.
Flesh and flavor: Melting, fine, and delicate. Very juicy and sweet.
Core and seeds: Little core.
Cavity and calyx: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in the latter part of September.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
- Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817) — listed as Verte Longue Panachée, Striped Long Green, Or Culottes de Suisse
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- VERTE LONGUE PANACHÉE, STRIPED LONG GREEN, OR CULOTTES DE SUISSE.
This is supposed to be a variety of the Mouille Bouche, or Long Green—the shape is round at the blossom end, lessening gradually by a gentle curve to the stem. The skin is yellow, with green stripes from the crown to the stem, with spots of dark green; sometimes a portion of red towards the sun is blended with the green. The stalk about an inch in length, the flesh melting, fine, and delicate, with little core—very juicy and sweet; it bears abundantly, and ripens in the latter part of September.