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Beurre d'Arenberg

Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Thought to have been raised by Abbe Deschamps in the garden of an orphanage in Enghien, France. Fruits have whitish, juicy flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
18th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
ovoid/conical/pyriform
Russet
medium
Weight
183.00 g
Over colour
none
Stalk angle
oblique/right angle
Stalk curve
weak
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
cream
Stalk length
short-medium mm
Ground colour
green-yellow/yellow
Russet percent
26-50%
Stalk thickness
thick
Over colour amount
absent

Source · National Fruit Collection

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