Julienne. A handsome summer pear, which so much resembles the Doyenne or St. Michael, as to be called, by some, the Summer St. Michael. It is a beautiful and most productive fruit, and comes into bearing very early. It is often of excellent flavour, and of the first quality; but, unfortunately, it is variable in these respects, and some seasons, it is comparitively tasteless and insipid. In rich, warm, and dry soils, it is almost always fine. It is a profitable market fruit, and will always command a prominent place in the orchard. The tree is of thrifty upright growth, with light yellowish-brown shoots. Fruit of medium size, but varying in different soils; obovate, regularly formed. Skin very smooth and fair, clear bright yellow, on all sides. Stalk light brown, speckled with yellow, a little more than an inch long, pretty stout, inserted in a very shallow depression. Calyx small, closed, set in a basin slightly sunk, but often a little plaited. Flesh white, rather firm at first, half buttery, sweet and moderately juicy. Ripens all the month of August. Coxe considered this synonymous with Archiduc d'Ete of Duhamel and Lindley - the Ognonet pear, a distinct and inferiour fruit, with a brownish cheek, and we therefore follow Mr. Manning in keeping it distinct. It may yet prove synonymous with the Doyenne d'Ete of the French, which has not yet been fairly proved in this country. -- A.J. Downing, 1846, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. Julienne - An old and formerly popular pear; now generally discarded. Synonyms: Bloodgood Pear of New York, Julianna, Julienne (of Coxe), L'Archiduc d'Ete, Summer Beurre, Summer Doyenne (erroneosly), Summer St. Michael (so called near Boston). -- Ragan, 1908, The Nomenclature of the Pear
A beautiful and productive fruit and profitable for the market. Fruit medium but varying on different soils, obovate, regularly formed, very smooth, skin fair, clear bright yellow all over; flesh white, rather firm at first, semi-buttery, sweet, moderately juicy, rich, sprightly; should be gathered a few days before ripe and kept in the house; Aug. -- U.P. Hedrick, 1921, The Pears of New York