Conference

Availability (unless sold in the meantime)

	Season 2023/2024	Season 2024/2025
Trees	Adams	Adams
Trees	Sydo	Unavailable
Graftwood / Budwood	√	√

General information

Origin : English variety mentionned since 1885
Picking date : 3 to 4 weeks Williams
Fruit size : average
Uses : Very common variety well appreciated by consumers who like semi crispy pears. Excellent pollinator

Tree description

Blossom date : diploid variety with good quality pollen which blooms with Williams
Pollinator : Angelys C.O.V., Williams and its mutants, Comice and its mutants, Concorde
Type of tree : fruit on 2 and 3 year old wood as well as on brindles
Vigour : Average. Good compatibility with quince, BA29, Sydo, Adams and quince C
Productivite : rapid
Time till first cropping : important when accidents such as folletage / needs a good thinning to get commercial fruit sizes
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : important when accidents such as folletage
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : rather frost tolerant because of a good parthenocarpic potential while cold weather during blossom
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : important when accidents such as folletage
Eclaircissage : needs a good thinning to get commercial fruit sizes

Fruit description

Fruit description : elongated pear shape, sometime assymetric with a long peduncle. Green-yellow skin with more or less grey colour, typical of Conference
Flesh / taste : fine and melting flesh, juicy and very sweet with nice flavours
Storage potential : very good potential, February in cold store - May in CA store

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