Regal Red® Comice

Availability (unless sold in the meantime)

	Season 2023/2024	Season 2024/2025
Trees	EMC	Unavailable
Graftwood / Budwood	√	√

General information

Origin : red sport of Doyenné du Comice
Picking date : 5 to 6 weeks after Williams. Harvest to be started when the firmness is around à 5 kg/cm²
Fruit size : big
Uses : variety released under a selected distribution scheme

Tree description

Blossom date : diploid variety with good quality pollen which blooms juste after Williams
Pollinator : Concorde, Conference, Williams and its mutants
Type of tree : fruit on 2 and 3 year old wood
Vigour : very vigorous tree. Good compatibility with quince
Productivite : slightly inferior than Comice
Time till first cropping : possible, needs good pollination / thinning neccesary in case of heavy crop load
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : possible, needs good pollination
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : possible, needs good pollination
Eclaircissage : thinning neccesary in case of heavy crop load

Fruit description

Fruit description : pear shaped and short, rather irregular and non symetric. Short and thick peduncle. Very nice red colour, it is the reddest red Comice
Flesh / taste : fine and melting flesh, both sweeth and tangy. The excellent eating quality is appreciated by most consumers
Storage potential : good - January in normal cold store (à 0°C), March in CA store

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