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PASSE-CRASSANE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

Passe-Crassane. This pear is a pear-quince hybrid that was developed in Normandy, in the north of France. It is particularly useful in cooking, because of its firm, grainy flesh, but [it] is also tasty eaten raw.

CONT

Passe Crassane. Originated in France by M. Boisbunel about 1845. In France considered finest late winter desert pear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Poire d'hiver juteuse, à la peau grumeleuse d'un brun jaune terne.

OBS

Pluriel : des passe-crassanes.

OBS

passe-crassanes (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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