Gellert's Butter Pear
Gellert's butter pear is an old, but regularly cultivated variety of pear ( Pyrus communis ). It was found in France by M. Bonnet around 1820 and went on sale under the name Beurré Hardy - named after the director of the Jardin du Luxembourg at the time. In Germany it was named in 1838 by Oberdieck Gellert's Butterbirne or Gellert for short .
The tree grows very robust and strong, especially when young, which means that as a high trunk it can quickly develop a very spreading crown that requires a good, pyramidal structure. Because of this vigorous growth, it is reluctant to use in modern, intensive cultivation, but is well suited as a stem-builder or for orchards. The leaves are strikingly dark green and curved like a ship along the midrib.
It is an excellent table pear whose fruits are medium-sized to large, truncated conical (truncated-conical) and greenish-yellow, later yellow in color. The length varies from 75 to 90 mm with a weight of the individual fruit from 130 to 200 g. The stem is short and thick, the stem and calyx pit are only weakly pronounced. The whole fruit is finely rusted. On the sunny side they are mostly bronze-orange-red. The flesh has a yellowish white color, is very juicy, melting and slightly aromatic. The skin is thick and hard even when ripe.
Gellert's butter pear ripens from the beginning of September and can be consumed immediately or stored until October. It is not suitable for longer storage, for example in a cold store.
Possible pollinators are ' Clapps Liebling ', ' Gute Luise ' and ' Williams Christ '.
This variety does not make great demands on the location and can reach a very old age of 100 years and more.
supporting documents
- Manfred Fischer (Ed.): Color Atlas of Fruit Types. 2nd, heavily revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-5547-8 , p. 102.
- Walter Hartmann (Ed.): Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types. 2nd, heavily revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4394-1 , p. 194.
Web links
- Index card of the variety in the BUND-Lemgo fruit variety database
- Gellert's butter pear at the fruit growing consultancy Baden-Württemberg