Comice pears

Mm.

And then you've obviously got Comice pears, and then from abroad you've got Green William pears and Roche pears.

Um, and they're really good 'cause they, they go with loads of things.

They can go with meat.

But we're starting off with something really, really cool out of Oregon.

That's right, it's the Red Comice Pear.

This is the... let me see if I can pronounce this in French.

Douillenez du Comice.

That's the original name for the Comice pear, which originated in France many, many years at the horticultural center there.

The National Fruit Collection says the red Comice is a sport of the original Comice.

Duyenne du Comice, meaning it was developed as a natural mutation.

It just kind of grew.