Colonel Marchand
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Listed in the 1912 catalogue of Pepinieres, Angers, France as a relatively new variety at that time. Fruits have rather coarse textured, sweet flesh with little flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 21st April (10%) · 27th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical/pyriform
- Russet
- low/medium
- Weight
- 212.00 g
- Over colour
- orange-red
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique/right angle
- Stalk curve
- very weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- cream/yellow
- Stalk length
- medium mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 1-50%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- medium
Source · National Fruit Collection
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