Belle de Bruxelles
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in Germany. Known to have been in existence in 1789. Fruits have white, melting flesh with a slightly musky flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 20th April (10%) · 24th April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- flat/conical
- Russet
- absent/low
- Weight
- 165.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk curve
- weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white
- Stalk length
- long mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 0-25%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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