Dana's Hovey
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised by Mr Francis Dana at Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. Named in honour of Mr C.M. Hovey, a well known nurseryman of Boston and author of 'The Fruits of America'. Fruits have tender, melting, juicy, sweet flesh with a rich, perfumed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 19th April (10%) · 24th April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- round/ovoid
- Russet
- very high
- Weight
- 142.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- absent/very weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/yellow
- Stalk length
- medium mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 76-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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