Doyenne du Comice Pear Trees

Pyrus Comice - Late Season

Description of Doyenne du Comice Trees & Fruit:

Doyenne du Comice pear is an all time classic dessert pear. Very sweet, with perfectly juicy, melting flesh. Pale yellow when ripe, sometimes they develop a bit of russeting or a bit of a rosy flush.
They one of the most popular pears on European farms.

The trees are vigorous, upright and heavy cropping. They flower late, so they are suitable for frosty places.

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Ripening Comice Pears:
They are best picked when still green and then stored in a cold place, where they will slowly ripen.
To ripen them quickly, bring some into a warm room & they will be ready in about 2 days.
With some planning, you can have fresh, ripe pears on Christmas Day.

Characteristics of Doyenne du Comice Trees:

• Self Sterile.
• Susceptible to scab, resistant to mildew - best grown in the East of Britain.
• Pollination Group C.
• Harvest when green in November.
• Store in a cold place to ripen slowly.
• Bring into a warm room to ripen in about 2 days.

Pollination Partners for Doyenne du Comice:
To make fruit, all pear trees need to be pollinated by another variety.
Doyenne du Comice is in pollination group C.
This means that it will pollinate with trees in groups B & C (except Onward trees).
Please see our guide to Pollinating Pear Trees for a full list of partners for Doyenne du Comice.

Growing Doyenne du Comice Pear Trees:
Rich soil is important - dig in plenty of good manure and compost before planting.
Soil drainage must be good.
The more sun your trees get the better your crops will be.

Diseases: Comice is susceptible to scab but resistant to mildew: this makes them a better choice for the East of England & Scotland, not so good for Wales or the West of England where scab is more common.

Details about delivery sizes: Guide to Fruit Tree Sizing.

History & Parentage of Doyenne du Comice:
A French variety from the mid 1800s, brought to Britain in 1858 by Sir Francis Dyke Acland. It is widely grown commercially in Europe.

Onward and Concorde were bred from Comice.