Doyenne Georges Boucher
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Raised by M.Pinguet-Guindon. First fruited in 1894. Named after M. Georges Boucher, the Parisian horticulturist. Awarded three gold medals in France. Fruits have white, very juicy flesh with a good flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 20th April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical/pyriform
- Russet
- high/very high
- Weight
- 180.00 g
- Over colour
- none
- Stalk angle
- oblique
- Stalk curve
- very weak
- Eye aperture
- half open
- Flesh colour
- white/green
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- green
- Russet percent
- 51-100%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- absent
Source · National Fruit Collection
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