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Beurre Dumont

Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Raised by M. Joseph Dumont, gardener to Baron de Joigny, in Belgium. It first fruited in 1833. Fruits have white, very fine-grained, melting flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour. Reputed to be an excellent pear.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
20th April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
ovoid/conical
Russet
high/very high
Weight
163.00 g
Over colour
red
Stalk angle
oblique
Stalk curve
absent
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
white/cream
Stalk length
medium mm
Ground colour
yellow
Russet percent
51-100%
Stalk thickness
medium-thick/thick
Over colour amount
absent/very low

Source · National Fruit Collection

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