D'Anjou
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thumb|Beurré d'Anjou, from The Pears of New York (1921) by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
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- Parent taxon
- Pyrus communis
- Image
- D'anjou pear.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anjou (pear)
- location of formation
- Western Europe
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- Cultivars
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- U.S. production
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thumb|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 introduced to America and England. It is thought to have originated in the mid-19th century, in Belgium or France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “D'Anjou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.