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Worlesbirne

Pear

Origin/History

A perry pear reported from Württemberg about 1830.

Tree

Not vigorous; large, long-lived, and very productive.

Fruit

  • Size: Small
  • Form: Oval or pyriform
  • Skin: Solid bright green, turning lemon-yellow; numerously dotted with gray and somewhat flecked with russet
  • Calyx: Positioned in a slight depression
  • Flesh: Juicy, acid, bitter

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Storage

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Classified as a perry pear. Original source: Dochnahl Fuhr, Obstkunde 2:194 (1856).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Worlesbirne.

i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:194. 1856.

A perry pear reported from Wurttemberg about 1830. Tree not vigorous, large, long-lived, very productive. Fruit small, oval or pyriform, solid bright green, turning lemon-yellow, numerously dotted with gray, somewhat flecked with russet; calyx in a slight depression; flesh juicy, acid, bitter.

U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Wehrles B