Our Variety Assessment

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

We recommend Triomphe de Vienne to growers seeking an old dessert pear with melting, juicy and very sweet flesh. It performs best in warm, sheltered positions and can also succeed in cooler parts of Europe with good sun. The tree crops generously, but the fruit keeps only briefly and direct graft compatibility with quince is poor.

Triompe de Vienne

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Triomphe de Vienne is a pretty dessert pear, with juicy melting sweet flesh.

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

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: 1408 Categories: Dessert pear trees, Pear trees

Description

Triomphe de Vienne was discovered in the 1880s as a chance seedling growing near the town of Vienne which is just outside the city of Lyon in south-east France.

Nevertheless it is very much in the tradition of Belgian and French pears of the early 19th century. It has the characteristic juicy melting sweet flesh, with a butter-like texture – known as “beurre” among pear enthusiasts. It is arguably one of the best-looking of pears too.

The pears ripen at the end of August / early September, and can be stored in a fridge for a few weeks.