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Beurré d'Anjou, from The Pears of New York (1921) by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick. The D'Anjou pear, sometimes referred to as the Beurré d'Anjou or simply Anjou, is a short-necked cultivar of European pear. The variety was originally named 'Nec Plus Meuris' in Europe and the name 'Anjou' or 'd'Anjou' was erroneously applied to the variety when ...
Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.
The word pear is probably from Germanic pera as a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of pirum, akin to Greek apios (from Mycenaean ápisos), [1] of Semitic origin (pirâ), meaning "fruit". The adjective pyriform or piriform means pear-shaped. [ 2 ]
Anjou pear or Beurré d'Anjou — the historical region of Anjou; Corsican citron — the island of Corsica; Espelette pepper — the town of Espelette, French Basque Country; Mirabelle de Lorraine plum — the region of Lorraine; Montmorency cherry — the town of Montmorency, Val-d'Oise; Muscat du Ventoux — grape from Mont Ventoux, Provence
Pears store (and ship) well in their mature but unripe state if kept cold, and can be ripened later, a process called bletting. Some varieties, such as Beurre d'Anjou, ripen only with exposure to cold. [citation needed] Fermented pear juice is called perry. In Britain, the place name "Perry" can indicate the historical presence of pear trees.
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Van Mons was the most prolific pear breeder known, producing no fewer than 40 superior varieties over a 60-year period, [3] including Bosc and D'Anjou pears. He readily shared his observations and plants, and developed effective ways of exporting cuttings and seedlings as far away as the United States. [4]
Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy ... D'Anjou or Anjou pear; Other uses. Anjou, wrecked in 1905; See also. Angevin (disambiguation), meaning "of Anjou" Anjo ...