Alphonse Huttin

Culinary pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 109     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have coarse, yellowish-white, dry, firm flesh.

Accession name
Alphonse Huttin

Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
ovoid/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
orange-red 1

Russet
very high 1

Flesh Colour
white/yellow 1

Weight
135.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
76-100% 1

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1

Stalk Curve
weak 1

Stalk Thickness
thick 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
open/half open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.