Forelle

Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis

Small pear with trout-like red speckling – crisp-sweet and decorative.

Also known as: Forellenbirne, Trout Pear

🇩🇪 Germany 1670Dessert

Taste & characteristics

Taste

tartcrispjuicyspicysweetaromaticrefreshing

Susceptibility & resistance

Scab

Profile

Parentage: Zufallssämling
Breeder: unbekannt (Sachsen)
Pollination: self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Fruit weight: 130 g

Flowering & harvest

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Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Half-melting, juicy, refreshing, sweet-wine-sour with a fine spicy aroma reminiscent of elecampane and melon.

Growth

Medium vigour; suited to garden and espalier.

Yield

Bears comparatively late, only in the 7th or 8th year, but then stays high and regular.

Notes

Dessert pear with higher heat need; thrives best on warm, fertile, moist and well-aerated soils, up to low mountain sites (350 m). Tree-ripe late Sep to early Oct, eating-ripe late Oct to late Nov, open storage until first frost. Not to be confused with 'Nordhaeuser Winterforelle'.

Care

Leave fruit on the tree until ripeness (it is storm-firm) and let it finish in open storage until frost. Ensure good air flow, as it is prone to white-spot disease.

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