Dorsel

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 069     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have white, tender, juicy, sweet flesh with a rather 'watery' flavour.

Accession name
Dorsel

Flowering time
14th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall

Size
small/small-medium/medium/medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
ovoid/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low/low 1

Over Colour
orange/pink 1

Russet
low/medium 1

Flesh Colour
white/cream 1

Weight
181.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-50% 1

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1

Stalk Curve
weak 1

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
closed 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.