Jeanne d'Arc
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7Taste & characteristics
Taste
Susceptibility & resistance
Profile
- Breeder
- A. Sannier
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very juicy, fully melting, sweet and mildly tart, noble-aromatic and very palatable. Especially bruise-sensitive when ripe.
Growth
Medium vigour; the branching makes it very well suited to espalier training. Fruit hangs wind-fast on the tree.
Yield
Cropping starts early, from the 4th year, and later stays moderate and regular.
Notes
Very late winter dessert pear for warm, sheltered sites; not for wet or cold positions. The warmer, the better the fruit quality. Grown up to 400 m. Tree-ripe late Oct to early Nov, eating-ripe late Nov to Jan, keeps about 2 months in a natural store.
Care
Train on a south-wall espalier. Harvest and handle ripe fruit carefully due to high bruise-sensitivity.
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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