The only places i kbow of who have it are those i listed. Wish i knew of others.
Clark - sorry I didn’t catch you in time -,when I looked again last night Cricket Hill seemed to have them listed again. It’s weird because when I wrote to you their listing seemed to be marked sold out.
Did the Mirabelle de Nancy scions take? I can send you more later this spring if they didn’t.
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Thank you for the kind offer. No Scions i field grafted last year took and even got die back on existing trees. We went through summer with just 10" of rain until fall. I think i will pass for now on scion wood since ive got a lot of pears to graft. I appreciate it very much! Glad you found your pear tree!
‘Duchesse d’Angouleme Bronzee’ https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail.aspx?id=1436272
and
‘Duchesse de Berry d’Ete’ https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail.aspx?id=1436116
are melting pears
and ‘Duchesse d’Angouleme’ is not a melting pear.
Duchess D’ Angoulme is blooming now again within days of the previous year. These generally are really big pears if there is enough water!
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Really? They break the limbs? I have one that I planted two years ago. I need to watch that if it does have the tendency to break limbs.
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My Duchess are small, maybe I did not thin enough. When do you pick your Duchess?
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@mamuang most likely october or november in your zone. Very late similar to korean giant. This year is the first year for you but eventually you will see 1-2 pounders with no problems and maybe slightly larger.
@MikeC they do literally break limbs the pears are so big.
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Than’s, Clark. I only hope it’s the correct graft 
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Duchess are heavy again with pears! The wood is brittle on Duchess and the pears very large. That combination can lead to branches breaking!
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That thing is loaded. I had a good crop last year on my seedling Bartlett (the pears are very similar). This year it had almost nothing.
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My Duchess pear looks nothing like your pears. I will post a photo of the one pear I have on that Duchess pear tree. Maybe since it is the first fruiting year. I am not sure. Mine is more roundish than pear shaped.
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Once again Duchess are very heavy with pears! Every year they are consistently heavy producers! Eventually they get caught in a storm loaded down with pears and it breaks branches. Duchess has very soft wood. They are very resistant to disease! This pear is a winner if you want a late season pear so you can get some canning done.
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Yes, it looked round to me as well. That is why I took the photo. Plus the other side looked like some sort of disease/fungus. It was the first year it fruited and only one pear.
What do you think?
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I’m not sure what it is yet besides that its not Duchess D’ Angoulme. Can’t wait to find out. I wouldn’t worry about that fruit disease to much. Where did you get the tree and how big is it? Would love to know more. It may take us a year to find out the answers all of our questions. Looking at that branch i can already see next years fruit buds.
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