The Triomphe de Vienne is an enormous Bartlett-type pear with sweet, buttery, melting flesh that gives off a floral perfume and has a slightly spicy aroma. Medium grained, firm but melting flesh. Excellent flavor with little to no astringency. Ripens in late summer at 3100' with a consistent annual harvest. This extremely large, delicious pear is a feast unto itself. The mother tree lives in Dutch Flat, in an old orchard originally tended by the Chinese community.

The grandmother tree grows in Dutch Flat, Placer County, CA at 3100’. Dutch Flat was founded by German immigrants in 1851 and was once one of the richest gold mining locations in California. Its location next to the transcontinental railroad made it a natural for shipping fruit to the East, thus the proliferation of orchards in the area. This beautiful old town is absolutely full of heirloom fruit and nuts, many from Gillet’s nursery. We will be introducing other favorites in the coming years. A true goldmine of history is Dutch Flat.