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Belle Julie
A heavy cropping pear with sweet juicy well flavoured fruit.
Origin: Belgium, 1842
Pollination: Belle Julie is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Belle Julie
Raised by Dr Van Mons in Belgium who named it after his granddaugter Julie. First fruited in 1842.Medium sized conical fruit. The green skin is rather thick and almost entirely covered with a rough brownish russet. The cream coloured flesh is tender, juicy and very sweet. Good, slightly perfumed flavour. Generally a heavy cropping variety.
Characteristics of Belle Julie pear trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | |
| Flavour | |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Oct |
| Season of use | Oct-Nov |
| Tree vigour | |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 21 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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