Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Col de Dame Roja
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$18.00
One-gallon reference$65.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Unifera (main crop)
- Main crop ripening
- Late
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Medium (~35–40 g; pollinated ~70 g)
- Skin color
- Pale green–tan with reddish-brown blush
- Pulp color
- Dark oxblood / garnet
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Zones 7–10; long neck, thick skin, late
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Mallorca — Son Mut Nou / ses Cosmes, Llucmajor
- Possible origin
- Spain
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Coll de Dama Roja; CDD Roja; CdD Roja; Coll de Dama Rossa; SMN068IB
- Same or nearly the same
- Own Mallorca Coll de Dama — not the same plant as striped Panachée
- Popular close brother
- Col de Dame Blanc
- Known parentage
- Coll de Dama family
- Reference year
- 1950
- First year (estimate)
- Balearic traditional; Pons collection
- What the year means
- First named or first widely circulated
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Medium — nursery / forum / regional commercial sources
- Key sources
- Pons i Boscana; fig7.net; OurFigs CDD Roja 2024; Wikiwand
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Long-neck pear. Dense jammy berry, ~27 °Brix in Spanish notes. Darker pulp than Blanc/Grise/Gegantina.
- Commonality
- Average
- Market availability
- FigBid regular
Preserved earlier research
These earlier notes have not been reconciled with every catalog field. Edit the full description to replace this section with a current account.
Pons places Coll de Dama Roja in Son Taixiquet, Llucmajor. This is the likely geographic reference for the collection’s Col de Dame Roja label; its accession identity still needs confirmation.
Preserved earlier research. The updated workbook fields above may differ; consult the cited sources when reports conflict.
This is a collection record based on the existing nursery catalog. Independent research and a complete historical review are still pending.