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Ayrshire Lass

Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Auchincruive, Ayr, Scotland. Fruits have yellowish, coarse, soft, gritty flesh with very little flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
20th April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
round/conical
Russet
low/medium
Weight
75.00 g
Over colour
orange-red
Stalk angle
straight
Stalk curve
very weak
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
cream
Stalk length
medium mm
Ground colour
green-yellow
Russet percent
1-50%
Stalk thickness
medium
Over colour amount
medium

Source · National Fruit Collection

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