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Beurre Jean Van Geert

Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Raised by M. Jean Van Geert, Ghent, Belgium and introduced in 1864. Fruits have white, melting flesh with a sweet and brisk flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
21st April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
very small-small
Type
Dessert
Shape
pyriform
Russet
low
Weight
72.00 g
Over colour
orange/pink
Stalk angle
straight/oblique
Stalk curve
weak
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
white/cream
Stalk length
long mm
Ground colour
yellow
Russet percent
1-25%
Stalk thickness
medium-thick
Over colour amount
low-medium

Source · National Fruit Collection

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