Bishop's Thumb
syn. Bishop’s Tongue
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Known originally as
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 22nd April (10%) · 27th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical/pyriform
- Russet
- very high
- Weight
- 205.00 g
- Over colour
- dark red/brown
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- very weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/yellow
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 76-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
Source · National Fruit Collection
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