Description

• Doyenné Boussock Pear Harvest: Mid to late Description: Tree very large, vigorous, upright-spreading, tall, hardy, productive; trunk thick
• Medium to large sized fruit, round/ovoid/conical
• Skin is orange red on green-yellow/yellow background, yellow flesh
• Uses: Eating Background: This pear is supposed to have been raised by Van Mons at the beginning of the nineteenth century
• It was placed on sale at Brussels about 1819
• The variety was first given the name Doyenné de Merode in honour of the Comte de Mérode of Waterloo, Belgium
• In 1836, however, the name was changed to Doyenné Boussock