Doyenne du Comice
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 2 accessions
Raised by the Horticultural Society of Maine et Loire, Angers, France. First fruited in 1849. Introduced to England in 1858 by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Fruits have pale yellow, extremely melting, juicy flesh with a delicate and delicious flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1968-079 · Doyenne du Comice
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical/pyriform
- Russet
- high
- Weight
- 442.00 g
- Over colour
- orange-red
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- absent
- Eye aperture
- open/half open
- Flesh colour
- white
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 51-75%
- Stalk thickness
- very thick
- Over colour amount
- very low
Accession 1973-200 · Doyenne du Comice (EMLA)
- Flowering
- 24th April (10%) · 28th April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical/pyriform
- Russet
- high
- Weight
- 229.00 g
- Over colour
- orange-red
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- absent
- Eye aperture
- open/half open
- Flesh colour
- white
- Stalk length
- medium mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 51-75%
- Stalk thickness
- thick
- Over colour amount
- absent/very-low/low/low-medium/medium
Source · National Fruit Collection
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