Vermillion Pear - Botanical Poster 50x70cm

Pyrus cinnabarina - Vermilion Pear

The Vermilion Pear owes its name to the scarlet hue it takes on in the sun: a wash of vivid vermilion that ignites its golden skin and distinguishes it among all summer varieties.

From mid-August, this elongated pear reveals its singular character: a slender silhouette, a crisp flesh bursting with sugary water, and above all this changing robe where the large green dots breaking through the skin turn a bistre color on a red background, like so many watercolor touches.

The pear tree that bears it, of ordinary size, forms a beautiful standard tree and a very regular quenouille. It fruits abundantly, both on seedling and quince rootstock, and offers ripe fruits for over a month.

Its buds, some vertical, others horizontal, are of medium strength, geniculate, a reddish-brown sometimes ash-colored, marked with numerous lenticels.

The leaves, generally small and narrow, are distinguished by a midrib often red on the underside. Each fruit bud gives rise to eight or ten flat flowers 4 centimeters wide, borne on slender, cottony peduncles.

The fruit, very elongated, measures 9 to 12 centimeters high and 6 centimeters in diameter at its widest point. Its thickness significantly decreases towards the stem, which is somewhat fleshy, quite thick, stiff, and obliquely inserted. The belly is located near the other end, where the slightly sunken eye is surrounded by uneven ribs. The bumpy surface initially displays numerous green dots, then turns greenish-yellow upon ripening: the large dots, as they emerge, take on a brown color, while the side exposed to the sun is covered with a brilliant vermilion.

The white flesh, crisp and slightly gritty, releases abundant, sweet, delicately fragrant, and very pleasant water. This pear can be enjoyed from August 15th until October.

This plate is extracted from the Traité des Arbres Fruitiers by Pierre-Antoine Poiteau and Pierre Jean François Turpin, a botanical encyclopedia published between 1807 and 1835, a major reference in 19th-century naturalist illustration.

It combines the rigor of scientific drawing with a rare artistic sensibility, characteristic of the great plates from the golden age of illustrated botany.

• Each poster is produced with 12-color giclée printing, the reference for art studios for rendering fine tones, subtle gradients, and the most delicate botanical details.
• 200 gsm paper, soft matte finish, 0.26 mm thickness: a finish similar to the original engraving, clear, non-reflective, designed for hanging.
• Printed on FSC-certified paper, individually printed to order.
• Shipped in a rigid protective tube.