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Fondante d'Automne
A good garden variety with sweet musky flavour.
Origin: France, 1825
Pollination: Fondante d'Automne is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Fondante d'Automne
An old Flemish variety raised by Fievee at Maubeuge, France before 1825.Medium sized, bergamotte shaped fruit. Slightly rough green skin turning yellow when ripe. Occasionally faint pink blush. Patches of brown russet over most of the surface. White, melting flesh. Sweet with an excellent musky flavour.
Small, spreading tree. Reliable, precocious, good to heavy cropper. Attractive red autumn foliage.
Characteristics of Fondante d'Automne pear trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | |
| Flavour | |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Oct |
| Tree vigour | Small |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 20 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Incompatibility group | 1 |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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