Conference
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 3 accessions
Raised by Rivers Nursery, Sawbridgeworth. Exhibited at the National British Pear Conference after which it was named. Awarded a First Class Certificate from The Royal Horticultural Society in 1885. Fruits have pale yellow flesh with a slight pink tinge.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1971-035 · Conference, Russet free
- Flowering
- 15th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Type
- Dessert
Accession 1972-047 · Conference Bronzed
- Flowering
- 21st April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Type
- Dessert
Accession 1973-199 · Conference (EMLA)
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- pyriform/flask
- Russet
- medium
- Weight
- 207.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- yellow/pink
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 26-50%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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