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Alliance Franc-Russe
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by horticulturist F. Robitaille, Lille, France from seed of Duchesse d
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Duchesse d'Angouleme x Unknown
Accession No.
1951 - 108
- Accession name
- Alliance Franco-Russe
- Flowering time ›››
- 19th April10% flowering
25th AprilFull (80%) flowering
5th May90% petal fall - Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- ovoid 1
- Ground Colour
- green-yellow 1
- Over Colour
- none 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Russet
- very high (76-100%) 1
- Flesh Colour
- white/yellow 1
- Weight
- 169.00 g 1
- Stalk Angle
- straight/oblique 1
- Stalk Curve
- weak-medium 1
- Stalk Thickness
- medium 1
- Stalk Length
- medium-long 1
- Eye Aperture
- open 1
- Stalk Length
- medium-long mm 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019