Alexandrine Douillard
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by M. Douillard, Nantes, France and first produced fruit in 1849. Fruits have white, fine-grained, juicy flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Alexandrine Douillard
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
orange/brown 1
Russet
low/medium 1
Flesh Colour
white/yellow 1
Weight
217.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-50% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
closed 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.