Pearvariety
Carmen
An aromatic, juicy pear crossed in 1980, selected in 1989 and released in 2000.
Released 2000
Taste & texture
- Scent
- aromatic
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flesh type
- melting
How to spot it
- Weight
- Fruit weight190 g
Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
journals.ashs.org ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/1/value/fruit mass g/scope
- Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
- /details/observations/1/value/fruit mass g/observations/0/qualifier
- as_reported
Harvest & storage
- Storage
- keeps well in cold storage for early cultivar.
- Harvest
- ripens late July, 15-20 d before Bartlett
Origin & family
Where Carmen began
- Crossed
- 1980
- Selected
- 1989
- Released
- 2000
Field notes
Original source notes
Harvest
ripens late July, 15-20 d before BartlettMeasurements
- Fruit weight (g)
- 190
Register-described fruit or cluster measurements in the source trial context; treatment-specific observations are not species-wide constants.
Storage
keeps well in cold storage for early cultivar.Photos

joergens.miCC BY-SA 3.0 Birnensorte: Carmen Carmen pears were created in Italy in the 1980s, released in 1989