Hofratsbirne

Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis

Productive, half-melting utility pear for rough, windy sites.

🇧🇪 Belgium 1840DessertDryingJuice

Taste & characteristics

Taste

tartjuicysweet

Susceptibility & resistance

Scab

Profile

Breeder: Van Mons
Pollination: self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

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

Semi-melting, juicy, faintly sweet and wine-tart, without marked aroma; sweet-tart, slightly tart note. A dessert pear on good sites, otherwise a utility variety.

Growth

Medium vigour for orchard meadows. Fruit holds firmly and securely on the tree until ripeness (wind-fast).

Yield

Cropping starts early, from the 4th to 5th year, and later stays high and regular.

Notes

Undemanding variety with no special warmth needs; prefers airy, free-standing sites with enough nutrients and moisture. Grown up to hill country (350 m). Tree-ripe late September, eating-ripe mid Oct to mid Nov, keeps 1 to 2 months.

Care

Choose a free-standing, airy site to keep scab low.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species European pear unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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