Doyenne du Comice Pear Back To List Pear Description: Doyenne du Comice is a superb quality pear. Medium-large, pale green fruits changing to yellow, some fruits have a red flush. Pale yellow flesh has rich juicy flavours. Recognised for superb eating quality but needs a good pollination partner, see below. Best when trained against a wall or fence as it needs a warm sheltered site. Grown commercially throughout the world, but on a small scale in the UK. History: Raised at the Comice Horticole, Angers, France during the 19th Century. Introduced to the UK in 1858 by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Recieved an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Pollination Partners: Pear Beth Pear Conference Pear Fondante d'Automne Pear Josephine de Malines Pear Louise Bonne of Jersey Pear Merton Pride Pear Winter Nelis Pear Williams Bon Chretien Attributes Pollination group: Pollination group 4 Uses: Eating Picking month: October Storing: November Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Judge Amphlet (Perry) Pear A medium sized tree with narrow crown in the early years. Pyriform fruit greenish-yellow, russet cheek. Full Details Benita ® Rafzas Pear Pear x Asian Pear combining the best of these fruits. Crisp texture, mellow sweet flavour, hardy and disease resistant. Full Details Santa Claus Pear Rich highly perfumed with finely textured cream flesh, juicy and sweet. Named for its late ripening in December. Full Details Gin (Perry) Pear A rare but excellent variety for resistance to scab and canker with good keeping quality and medium acid and tannin. Full Details
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