Josephine of Mechelen
Josephine von Mechelen is a winter pear variety , also known under the name Joséphine de Malines or Royal Winter Pear .
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This variety was around 1830 by a Major Esperen in Mechelen bred and after his wife Josephine named.
The almost round fruits are small to medium-sized and have a thin, hard shell with a yellow-green to greenish-yellow base color and, if present, a pale orange to pale reddish covering color. The flesh is yellowish white to salmon yellow, melting and very juicy and sweet.
The flowering takes place medium early and is very long-lasting, the flowering is not very sensitive to frost.
The crop can be harvested from late October to early November, ready to eat the fruit until January. In the natural warehouse they can be kept until February / March and in the CA warehouse until April.
tree
The tree is rather slow-growing, with the tendency to put the scaffold branches upright at an angle. Overall, however, well branched, and later horizontal and hanging, with long fruit canes. The crown shape is broadly round.
literature
- Gerhard Friedrich , Herbert Petzold : Handbook of fruit varieties. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4853-6 , p. 208.
