On BET rootstocks. This recent introduction from the Geneva pear breeding program is unusually high quality. Fruit large, bright yellow with heavy russet overlay. Excellent storage capability. This Asian x European interspecific hybrid has been grown successfully in Florida and Southern California.
Skin is dark reddish-purple, developing weeks before fruit is mature.
Kalle harvest is about 2 weeks before Bartlett. Tree is semi-compact. On BET rootstocks. This pear was released by the USDA as a very high quality dessert pear that will survive under heavy fireblight pressure. A shy bearer and sometimes tardy to start bearing, but the fruit quality makes up for the light cropping.