Grumkower Butterbirne

Taste

Susceptibility & resistance

Parentage

Zufallssämling

Pollination

self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

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

Fruit

Juicy, half- to fully melting, distinctively refreshing wine-sour, low in sweetness and finely spiced. Large-fruited; the fruit shows bumps and looks angular.

Growth

Medium vigour, in youth prone to crooked growth and drooping branches; less suited to espalier.

Yield

Bears mid-early to mid-late and later reaches a high and regular level.

Notes

Dessert, compote and preserving pear with higher heat need; requires warm, wind-still sites with fertile, moist soil, prefers air-dry solitary spots, up to 350 m. Blooms mid-early to mid-late. Pick as late as possible from early October (storm-firm until ripeness), eating-ripe Oct to Nov, keeps 3-4 weeks - very pressure-sensitive when ripe and quickly mealy.

Care

Stabilise against crooked growth and drooping branches by formative pruning when young. Pick as late as possible and handle ripe fruit gently.