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Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession

Raised at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1945. Fruits have yellow, firm, juicy flesh with a sweet and rich aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Flowering
21st April (10%) · 28th April (full) · 10th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
conical
Russet
low
Weight
140.00 g
Over colour
red/dark red
Stalk angle
straight
Stalk curve
absent
Eye aperture
open
Flesh colour
cream
Stalk length
short mm
Ground colour
yellow
Russet percent
1-25%
Stalk thickness
medium
Over colour amount
medium-high

Source · National Fruit Collection

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