Kongressbirne

Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis

Large-fruited, sweet autumn dessert pear with little aroma.

Also known as: Andenken an den Kongress

🇫🇷 France 1852DessertPreserving

Taste & characteristics

Taste

juicysweettender

Susceptibility & resistance

Scab

Profile

Breeder: Morel
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

Large-fruited, juicy and semi-melting, sweet and barely tart, without pronounced aroma.

Growth

Medium vigour for garden and orchard meadow. The large fruit is not wind-fast and trees can exhaust themselves.

Yield

Cropping starts early and later stays moderate and nearly regular.

Notes

Broadly plantable on warmer, wind-sheltered sites with nutrient-rich, moist soils; also at medium elevations up to 350 m. Higher warmth needs. Tree-ripe from early September, eating-ripe mid Sept to early Oct, keeps 2 to 4 weeks.

Care

Harvest 5 to 8 days before tree ripeness, as soon as the first sound fruits drop. Care regularly; place wind-sheltered as it is not wind-fast.

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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