Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Légipont is a dependable cultivar for a traditional orchard. Its medium to fairly large pears become melting, juicy and exceptionally sweet, with almost no acidity. The fruit must be watched as soon as it begins turning yellow because it quickly becomes overripe. The fairly vigorous tree suits standards well. Moderate susceptibility to scab on the fruit should nevertheless be considered.

Legipont

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Legipont or Fondante de Charneu is a traditional Belgian dessert pear, ripening in mid-September.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Pear rootstock options

Farold 87 - approx 4.5m mature height

Kirchensaller – approx. 6 m mature height

Pyrodwarf – approx. 4 m mature height

Quince BA29 – approx. 3 m mature height

Quince BA29 with Comice interstem – approx. 3 m mature height

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SKU: 3309 Categories: Dessert pear trees, Pear trees

Description

Legipont, also known as Fondante de Charneu, is a traditional Belgian dessert pear, with a notably sweet rich (fondant) flavour. Writing in the 1880s the English fruit enthusiast Robert Hogg described it as “richly flavoured“.

The pears are usually ripe in mid-September, and should be picked and eaten as soon as the skin colour starts to change from pale green to gold yellow. They can also be kept in the fridge for a week or so.

Legipont is named after its discover, Mr Legipont of Charneu, a town near Liege in Belgium, who found it growing as a chance seedling in the early 19th century.