Pear DAVID

Winter pear for commercial and amateur cultivation. The fruits attain an attractive yellow after storage. The variety only achieves its good taste after storage in warmer pear locations.

Crossing: Jules Guyot x Vereinsdechant
Vigour: medium to weak, loose and thin shoots, growth habit broadly pyramidal with medium-dense branching, pruning required relatively little
Blossom: cross-pollinate, suitable pollinators are other pear varieties
Fruits: medium-sized, 180 - 220 g, long-axed, bell-shaped to drop-shaped, yellow after storage, tinged with brown-red in good years, sometimes with light russets
Pulp: firm, juicy with a medium-strong aroma, melting when fully ripe, more sweetish
Harvest season: harwest maturity in mid-October, consumption maturity from from December, can be kept in cold storage until the end of March
Yield: medium high, regular, early yield onset
Disease resistance: highly resistant to scab (Venturia pyrina), low susceptibility to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)