Aspasie Aucourt
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by M. Rollet at Villefranche, Rhone, France and introduced in 1885. Fruits have white, melting, very juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Aspasie Aucourt
Flowering time
14th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
26th April 90% petal fall
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
none 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
76.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
medium 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
long-very long mm 1
Eye Aperture
half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.