Beurre Six
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1845 at Courtrai, Belgium by a gardener named M. Six. First described by Bivort. Fruits have very tender, melting, pale yellow flesh with a sweet and delicious flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- pyriform/quince
- Russet
- low
- Weight
- 313.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- weak-medium
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/cream
- Stalk length
- long mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 1-25%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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