De Duvergnies
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Thought to have been raised by Van Mons in Belgium. First fruited in 1821. Fruits are described as having fine, melting, juicy flesh with sweet and perfumed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 22nd April (10%) · 28th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- round/conical
- Russet
- very high
- Weight
- 171.00 g
- Over colour
- orange/red
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- weak-medium
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- white/yellow
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow
- Russet percent
- 76-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium
- Over colour amount
- very low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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