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Bellisime d'Hiver

Culinary · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

An old variety known in France since the seventeenth century. Fruits have white, tender flesh. An excellent cooking pear.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
17th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
ovoid
Russet
low
Weight
297.00 g
Over colour
red/brown
Stalk angle
oblique
Stalk curve
absent
Eye aperture
half open
Flesh colour
white
Stalk length
medium mm
Ground colour
green-yellow/yellow
Russet percent
1-25%
Stalk thickness
medium-thick
Over colour amount
low-medium

Source · National Fruit Collection

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