Medium tree with deciduous foliage, conic-shaped when young then roundish, green oval-to-roundish leaves up and light green down, yellow-orange in autumn, white flowers in April, eatable fruits in autumn (pears).

Available varieties: "Abate Fetel" Large fruits with green rusty peel, white juicy pulp with a very good taste. They ripen in September.

"Beurré Hardy" (Gellerts Butterbirne)

"Bonne Louise d'Avranches" (Bonne Louise) (Gute Louise von Avranches) "Comtesse de Paris" (Gräfin von Paris) "Conference" (Conferencebirne) Medium fruits with yellow-green peel with rusty spots, white pulp. They ripen in September.

"Doyenné du Comice" (Comice)(Vereins Dechantsbirne) Large fruits with yellow-green peel with rusty spots, white-yellowish juicy pulp. They ripen in October.

"Général Leclerc" Large fruits with golden yellow peel with rusty spots and delicious juicy pulp.

"Williams" (Williams Christbirne) Large fruits with golden yellow peel and white pulp. They ripen at the end of August.