Description

• Jargonelle PearHarvest: Early to midDescription: Tree large, vigorous, upright, the younger branches inclined to droop, very productive; branches stocky
• Large sized fruit
• Skin colour lemon-yellow, blushed with red on the sunny side, occasionally marbled with thin orange-russet about the neck; dots light greenish or russet.Taste: Flesh white, coarse, juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality good.Uses: Eating, cookingBackground: The French Jargonelle is said to have originated in Anjou, a former provence in France, where it was much cultivated and highly esteemed toward the end of the fifteenth century