Joséphine de Malines
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7Taste & characteristics
Taste
Susceptibility & resistance
Profile
- Parentage
- Zufallssämling
- Breeder
- Major Esperen
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 140 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very juicy, fully melting and buttery, sweet and barely tart, finely aromatic with a muskmelon note and a slight bitterness.
Growth
Weak growth; suited to espalier and garden. Best on weak rootstocks or as a wall espalier.
Yield
Cropping starts medium-late; later high and lower yields alternate. Fruit clings to the tree into late October.
Notes
Very late winter dessert pear; needs nutrient-rich, warm enough and moist soils. Grown up to 350 m. Tree-ripe late Oct to early Nov, eating-ripe Jan to Mar, keeps 2 to 3 months. Protect ripe fruit from birds with nets.
Care
Harvest late, as early picking causes rapid shrivelling. Weak rootstocks or a wall espalier make bird-netting easier.
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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