Naturally semi-dwarf, midseason European dessert pear. Origin: Jules Guyot × Doyenné du Comice; selected about 1971 and maintained at the fruit gene bank in Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany; field tested since 1980 in Germany; named 1995. Tree: productive, precocious; growth habit compact; resistant to spring frost, tolerant to pear scab and powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha), susceptible to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora); diploid; pollinizers Bartlett, Conference. Fruit: large, 170 g; oblong, slim; green with yellow overcolor; ripens late September in Dresden, after Bartlett; flavor good, with some stone cells.
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