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Josephine de Malines
A good winter dessert pear but best grown in a warm location
Origin: Belgium, 1830
Pollination: Josephine de Malines is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Josephine de Malines
Raised by Major Esperen in Malines, Belgium c 1830. Named after his wife Josephine.Small, short conical fruit. Pale green skin ripening to yellow. Variable amount of greenish russet particularly around the stalk. White, very smooth, melting flesh. Sweet with a fine aromatic flavour. Best grown in a warm location and picked as late as possible to allow the flavour to develop fully. Keeps well in storage.
A relatively weak growing tree with a weeping habit. Reliable heavy cropping. Tip bearer. Good resistance against pear scab.
Characteristics of Josephine de Malines pear trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | |
| Flavour | |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Late Oct |
| Season of use | Jan-Feb |
| Tree vigour | Small |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | Tip-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 19 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Progeny | Gorham |
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