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Alexandre Lambre

Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Raised by Van Mons in Belgium and first fruited in 1844. Named by M. Bivort in honour of his grandfather, an amateur arboriculturist. Fruits have white, melting flesh with a sweet, perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
20th April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
conical
Russet
high
Weight
136.00 g
Over colour
none
Stalk angle
straight/oblique
Stalk curve
absent/very weak
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
white
Stalk length
medium-long mm
Ground colour
yellow
Russet percent
51-75%
Stalk thickness
medium
Over colour amount
absent

Source · National Fruit Collection

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