Dorsel
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.