Feigenbirne von Alençon
Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis
Old French table pear with almond-sweet, melting flesh.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Breeder
- Lecomte-Mortefontaine, bei Alençon
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized fruit, yellow-green with red overcolour. Flesh fine, juicy, melting and almond-like sweet-aromatic. Originally 'Figue d'Alençon'.
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