Description

• ST MICHAEL ARCHANGEL PEAR (White Doyenne) Origin: This pear is one of the oldest of all varieties
• It is impossible to state whether it originated in France or was brought to that country from Italy
• A German, Henri Manger, who studied the origin of fruits, states in his Systematische Pomologie, 1780, that the White Doyenné originated with the Romans; he considered it to be their Sementinum
• Agostino Gallo, I559] called the variety Per a Ghiacciuola
• In 1660, Claude Saint-Etienne described a Poire de Neige
• Both of these descriptions represent White Doyenne
• In the sixteenth century and for part of the seventeenth, the name Ghiacciuola was accepted for the variety in Prance with the synonym Saint-Michel Tree: Tree large, vigorous, upright, vasiform, hardy, very productive; trunk stocky, somewhat smooth; branches thick Skin & Flesh : color clear pale yellow, with a small, bright red blush on the exposed cheek; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh yellowish-white, granular, firm at first but becoming melting when fully ripe, juicy, sweet, with a rich, aromatic flavor; quality very good
• Harvest: Mid Uses: Eating