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Description:

Known properly as Doyenné Du Comice, this French variety of pear was first propagated near Angers in the mid-1800’s. The Comice is one of the sweetest and juiciest pears. Their flesh is very soft, and can best be described as creamy in texture, abundantly full of juice, and very sweet. The sweet buttery flesh of Comice can find no better compliment than when served with cheese, especially soft ripened cheeses like Haystack Snowdrops, Haystack Peaks, and Bingham Hill Aspen Log or exceptional blue cheeses like Bingham Hill Sheepish Blue or Rogue Creamery’s Oregon Blue. It is the extreme juiciness of Comice, which coincidentally makes them a poor choice for any process requiring cooking, that earns them such high accolades for eating freshly sliced. Ripen a Comice pear and serve with your favorite cheese. Comice aficionados know this combination well… others have yet to realize what they’ve been missing!