Beurre Bosc
syn. Calebasse Bosc
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
A seedling pear found by Dr Van Mons, growing in the garden of M. Swates at Linkebeeke, France. It was named after M. Bosc, the Director of the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris. Fruits have yellowish, tender, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 25th April (10%) · 29th April (full) · 9th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- pyriform
- Russet
- very high
- Weight
- 168.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- absent/very weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- cream
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 76-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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