Doyenne du Comice
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
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.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to:
Belle Guerandaise
Concorde
Father to:
Cascade
Colette
Condo
Dawn
Sports:
Red Comice
Doyenne du Comice (4n)
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Accession name
Doyenne du Comice (EMLA)
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
28th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very-low/low/low-medium/medium 1
Over Colour
orange-red 1
Russet
high 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
229.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
51-75% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent 1
Stalk Thickness
thick 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
open/half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.