Concorde
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised in 1977 at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Similar to Conference but fruits have a better skin finish with less russet. Fruits have a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 17th April (full) · 28th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- pyriform/flask
- Russet
- low/medium
- Weight
- 173.00 g
- Over colour
- pink
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- very weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/cream
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 1-50%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
Source · National Fruit Collection
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