Morettini
Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €
An early season dessert pear with a good flavour.
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Morettini is one of the best-flavoured early-season pears for eating fresh, with a juicy sweet flesh. It is related to Williams (also known as Bartlett) and inherits that variety’s productivity and sweet flavour.
Variety characteristics
Variety origin
Italian variety bred by Alessandro Morettini in Florence, introduced in 1956.
Origin
Period of origin
USDA zone
Flowering
Eating / keeping period
Use
Sweetness / acidity
Disease resistance
Self-fertility
Pollinator value
Ploidy
Origin and identity
Parentage
Coscia x Williams’ Bon Chrétien
Synonyms
Butirra Precoce Morettini, Précoce Morettini
Growth and adaptation
Vigour and habit
Vigorous, upright to rounded habit
Quince compatibility
Good compatibility with quince rootstock; can be used as an interstem.
Disease behaviour
Scab
Moderately susceptible to scab
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