Taylor's gold is a

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the po ...

variety thought to be a mutant of the pear '' Doyenné du Comice''. It has a russeted cinnamon coloured skin and a juicy aromatic flavour. It was discovered in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

in 1986. It was first found within an

orchard An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of ...

belonging to Michael King-Turner, living near Nelson, New Zealand. It was first thought to be a relative of a Comice pear, but was then later believed to be a natural cross between a '

Bosc pear The Beurre Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European pear (''Pyrus communis''), originally from France or Belgium. Also known as the Kaiser, it is grown in Europe, Australia, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, and the northwestern U.S. state ...

' and ' Comice' pear. It was then sent to the US in 1998 and grown in

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