Duchesse d'Angouleme

A very large old French pear.

Origin: France, 1815

Pollination: Duchesse d'Angouleme is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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Characteristics of Duchesse d'Angouleme pear trees

Use	Dessert
Colour
Flavour
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Late Oct
Season of use	Oct-Nov
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Suitable for	Northern Britain
Pollination date	16
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Pitmaston Duchess