Cornelie
Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €
Cornelie is a traditional sweet buttery French dessert pear.
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Cornelie is a traditional an early-season dessert pear. The pears are usually ripe towards the end of August, when the skin starts to turn from green to yellow. Pick them while they are still hard and leave them to ripen in a fruit bowl.
Variety characteristics
Variety origin
Belgian variety bred in Leuven by Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, whose seedling fruited for the first time in 1847.
Origin
Period of origin
USDA zone
Flowering
Eating / keeping period
Use
Sweetness / acidity
Disease resistance
Ploidy
Origin and identity
Parentage
Van Mons seedling, exact parents unknown
Synonyms
Désiré Cornélis, Docteur Célestin, Fondante des Célestines, Corénis
Growth and adaptation
Vigour and habit
Medium vigour, suited to both low-trained forms and standard trees
Quince compatibility
Good compatibility observed on BA29.
Disease behaviour
Scab
Low susceptibility to scab
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