Doyenne Boussoch
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
A triploid. An old Belgian variety raised by Van Mons at the beginning of the 19th Century. Introduced to the UK in 1842. Fruits have white, slightly coarse flesh with a rather acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- round/ovoid/conical
- Russet
- low/medium
- Weight
- 209.00 g
- Over colour
- orange-red
- Stalk angle
- straight/oblique
- Stalk curve
- weak
- Eye aperture
- open
- Flesh colour
- yellow
- Stalk length
- medium mm
- Ground colour
- green-yellow/yellow
- Russet percent
- 1-50%
- Stalk thickness
- thick
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
Source · National Fruit Collection
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