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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 >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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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 |
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