Is this the #1 Comice type for the East, in your opinion?

Well it certainly is a better performer for me than Highland but I need more time to compare it to Sheldon side by side. It bore for the first time last year and this year both varieties had barely any fruit because of the weather.

I believe I originally ordered a few of these because Ed Fackler recommended it for the midwest.

I find it difficult to find comice pear trees for sale on the web. Any suggestion? I see a D' Anjou at ACN but perhaps not a Comice.

Glib:

I know Raintree has offered them in the past. My friend bought one. I have been sorely tempted to try growing Comice as one of my favorites. A local orchardist has a few. He tells me it is the most difficult pear to grow
as the fruits get large and tend to blow off the tree when
windy. He cut his down and left just a few for his own family Too hard to grow commercially here it seems. Just an FYI that you may want to site your tree where it gets
protection from the wind if possible.

Is this referring to Duchesse d'Angouleme?

I believe it is simply Duchess. I got mine from Stark Bros. so you can ask them, but Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory lists them separately.

I believe it is simply Duchess. I got mine from Stark Bros. so you can ask them, but Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory lists them separately.