Conference

Sabor

Sensibilidad y resistencia

Origen

Sämling von Léon Leclerc de Laval

Obtentor

Thomas Rivers

Polinización

autoestéril (necesita una variedad polinizadora)

En tercios de mes (principio / mitad / final) para el hemisferio norte en clima templado; la altitud y el año los desplazan.

Fruto

Fully melting, very juicy and sweet dessert pear with a muskmelon-like, pleasantly spiced flavour and low acidity; convincing even when hard-ripe.

Crecimiento

Weak to medium-strong growth; the fruit hangs wind-firm until tree ripeness.

Rendimiento

Early to bear, regular and very heavy; tends to form parthenocarpic fruit even without pollination.

Observaciones

One of the most valuable late-autumn dessert pears, listed in the NRW proposal list of old orchard varieties. For garden, espalier, hedge and commercial growing at favourable sites up to 350 m, no special heat requirement; risk of chlorosis on limey soils. Tree-ripe September/October, ready to eat October/November, keeps 1 to 2 months.

Cuidados

Thin the crop to improve fruit quality. Watch for chlorosis on limey soils; leaf sunburn appears increasingly with climate change.