Septate pollinator pair for September pears

This Pollinator Duo for Pears in September is composed of the varieties Comice and Conference which pollinate each other. Planted close to each other in the garden, these two fruit trees will offer an abundant harvest from September onwards. Plant your bare-root pear trees preferably in autumn, as soon as you receive them, in deep, fertile and well-prepared soil.

This duo consists of:

- x1 Comice Pear Tree: a vigorous variety, slow to bear fruit, with average and sometimes irregular production, subject to alternate bearing. Pollination by the Conference Pear Tree improves the yield. The tree produces large pears of excellent taste. Its fruits, which are yellow with red markings when exposed to sunlight and speckled brown when ripe, reveal a pale, sweet and fragrant flesh, soft and juicy. The harvest takes place in September and October. The fruits can be stored well in a cool place until December, but their thin skin makes them sensitive to handling. Self-sterile, this pear tree is a good pollinator for other varieties.

- x1 Conference Pear Tree: a very hardy variety, not frost-sensitive and less susceptible to scab, which grows in all regions of western-central Europe. The pears, elongated in the shape of a droplet, mature as early as the end of September. Their skin is light green, irregularly marbled with brown. The flesh, creamy white in color, is sweet, juicy, slightly firm and granular near the core. Harvested two weeks before maturity, i.e. early October, they can be stored in a cold but frost-free and ventilated place until January.

Labelled separately

Although not frost-sensitive, these Pear Trees still appreciate protected and sunny locations, avoiding frost-prone and windy situations. It likes fresh and deep soils, but dislikes excessively well-drained and chalky soils. In winter, add a shovel of wood ash, rich in potash, to improve flowering and fruit quality.
Its upright habit gives it a tall and slender silhouette that is very harmonious. Its leaves have an oval lamina, finely toothed at the edge, with a petiole as long as the lamina and measuring about 8 to 9 cm (3 to 4in). They turn yellow before falling in autumn. Its late white flowering in April protects it from frost. Its flowers are formed of 5 white petals and are keenly visited by bees.

Pears can be eaten fresh, in syrup, in pastries, in jams and compotes, and can be used to make alcoholic beverages.

A fruit tree trained in a goblet shape does not have a central leader (vertical main stem), but branches radiating from its trunk. This particular form allows for good penetration of sunlight and air into the branches, promoting fruit development and ripening while limiting disease development.