Our Variety Assessment

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

Louise Bonne d’Avranches ranks among the finest autumn pears where scab can be controlled. Its attractive yellow-green, red-blushed fruit contains fine, melting, exceptionally juicy flesh with sweetness, acidity and a pronounced pear aroma. The tree crops regularly and has a degree of self-fertility. We would nevertheless reserve it for a bright, airy position protected as far as possible from prolonged rainfall.

Louise Bonne

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Louise Bonne is a pretty red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

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

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Pear rootstock options

Kirchensaller – approx. 6 m mature height

Pyrodwarf – approx. 4 m mature height

Quince BA29 – approx. 3 m mature height

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SKU: 4398 Categories: Dessert pear trees, Pear trees

Description

Louise Bonne is an old French pear variety, with a modern “bi-coloured” appearance – the yellow/green skin usually has an attractive red flush. As a bonus the blossom is also more attractive than most pear varieties (and has some resistance to frost damage).

Louise Bonne was rated by the Victorian fruit enthusiast Robert Hogg as “A most delicious pear“. The flesh is sweet and melting, with a pronounced pear flavour.

Judging the right time to pick can be tricky, but keep a close eye on it from late August onwards and pick the pears when they are flushed but still quite hard – then ripen in a fruit bowl.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old Norman variety from a seedling raised by Mr Longueval in Avranches around 1770, named in honour of Louise de Longueval.

Period of origin

1750 - 1799

USDA zone

Zone 5 (-29C)

Flowering

2 - early

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Partially self-fertile

Pollinator value

Average pollinizer

Ploidy

Diploid

Origin and identity

Parentage

Chance seedling, exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Bonne Louise d’Avranches, Bergamote d’Avranches, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Louise Bonne de Longueval, Bonne-Louise

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Medium vigour, suited to low-trained and espalier forms

Quince compatibility

Fairly good compatibility with quince rootstock; better with an interstem.

Disease behaviour

Scab

Very susceptible on fruits and leaves, less susceptible on wood

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 2 - early.

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Additional variety information for Louise Bonne is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.