Beurre Henri Courcelle
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised in 1861 from Bergamot Esperen by A. Sannier, Rouen, France. First fruited in 1870. Fruits have yellowish white, melting, juicy flesh with a sweet subacid flavour. Slightly musky.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 21st April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- round/conical
- Russet
- very high
- Weight
- 101.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- very weak
- Eye aperture
- half open
- Flesh colour
- white/green
- Stalk length
- medium mm
- Ground colour
- green/green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 76-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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