PYRUS communis 'LOUISE BONNE D'AVRANCHES'

Common pear 'Louise Bonne d'Avranches', European pear 'Louise Bonne d'Avranches'

PYRUS communis 'LOUISE BONNE D'AVRANCHES'

Common pear 'Louise Bonne d'Avranches', European pear 'Louise Bonne d'Avranches'

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Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off any incumbent branches, to ventilate and maintain a harmonious and balanced form. Shorten any branches too long at a young age and then every 4-5 years to rejuvenate. For trellised forms, in summer, reduce spring shoots by 2/3 in length, leaving 5-6 leaves per branch, and at the end of winter cut down any twigs of more than 15cm long, to just above the third bud from the base.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Longueval, Avranches (FR) around 1780
Use group : Fruit Trees
Height at 10 years : 4 m
Width at 10 years : 2 m
Growth : Medium
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Full sun
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : tree like
Colour of leaves : Green
Colour of flowers : White
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Fruit tree

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Mature in September-October. A regular production and can be grown in any form. White, semi-delicate flesh, semi soft and very sweet, slightly musky and tangy, very juicy and pleasantly perfumed. Easy maintenance. Named by the Abbot, René Le Berryais while talking to Louise, the wife of Mr. Longueval : 'This pear is as good as you, I shall call it Louise-Bonne' (Good-Louise).