Comice      
Doyenné Du Comice, Decana Del Comizo
 
Fruit ripening time: April
 
Pollination partners: Beurre Bosc, Beurre Easter, Clapps Favourite, Williams, Winter Cole, Winter Nelis, 20th Century Pear - Nashi
 
Comice is a fine flavoured European desert pear, with a delicate, melting, buttery flesh and lots of sweet juice.
 
Medium sized fruit with a distinct round body and short neck. The skin is thin, green, ripening to a yellow hue with a red blush and some russeting. The flesh is a creamy white colour and finely textured.
 
A late harvested pear with good storage.
 
 
Tree Size:
 
Dwarf Tree: 2 – 3 m high. Depending on pruning and the tree shape these pear trees can be kept as small as 2 m in height and planted as close as 50cm apart. Must be supported on a trellis or a stake
 
Semi-Dwarf: 3.5 - 4.5 m high
 
Full Size: 10 m +
 
Soil: Will adapt well to most soils, but heavy, moist soils are preferred to light, shallow soils.
Dwarf and semi-dwarf trees will not tolerate drought.
 
Will do best in well drained soils. Established trees can withstand wet conditions, but will not tolerate waterlogging. Prefer neutral to slightly acidic soils and do not like high pH soils