Broom Park
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised at Downton Castle, Herefordshire by Thomas Andrew Knight. First fruited in 1830. It was named after Broompark near Canterbury, Kent. Fruits have tender, creamy white, fairly juicy flesh with a rich musky flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 30th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- flat/round/quince
- Russet
- high/very high
- Weight
- 212.00 g
- Over colour
- pink
- Stalk angle
- straight
- Stalk curve
- weak-medium
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Stalk length
- medium-long/long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 51-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- very low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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