Pear (Organic Grown) - Pyrus com. Bonne Louise dAvranc - 5ltr

Pear 'Bonne Louise d'Avranches' (Pyrus communis)

Overview

‘Bonne Louise d’Avranches’ is an old French pear variety with tender, juicy flesh and a sweet, lightly perfumed flavour. It is best picked slightly under-ripe and ripened indoors.

Key Features

• Fine-textured dessert pear with aromatic flavour
• Attractive green-yellow skin often blushed red
• Good garden variety with moderate vigour
• Also suitable for poaching and light cooking

How to Plant

Plant in Fertile, deep, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. in a position with Full sun in a sheltered position.. Dig a generous planting hole, mix in organic matter, and water thoroughly after planting. Apply a mulch around the base to help conserve moisture and suppress weeds.

Care Tips

• Train as a bush or cordon, pruning in winter to maintain shape and productive spurs.
• Plant with a compatible pollinating pear for best crops.
• Water young trees regularly in dry spells to help establishment.

Size & Growth Timeline

Forms a medium-sized tree around 3–4m tall and 2.5–3m wide in 5–7 years.

Harvest

Typically harvested in early autumn. Pick when still firm and allow to ripen indoors until the flesh softens.

Perfect For…

• Traditional dessert pear lovers
• Mixed home orchards
• Poached fruit desserts and cheese boards