Bergamotte Heimbourg
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised by Dr Van Mons and was named by M. Bivort in honour of M. Heimbourg, president of the Philharmonic Society of Brussels. Fruits have white, melting, very juicy flesh with a very sweet and excellent flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 21st April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- round/conical
- Russet
- high/very high
- Weight
- 158.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- straight
- Stalk curve
- weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/cream
- Stalk length
- short-medium mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 51-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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