Dessert pear
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1970 from Malta. Translated to English, its name means
Accession name Bambinella
Flowering time 14th April 10% flowering 22nd April Full (80%) flowering12th May 90% petal fall
Size very small-small 1
Type Dessert 1
Shape conical 1
Ground Colour yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount) low-medium 1
Over Colour orange/red 1
Russet absent 1
Flesh Colour cream 1
Weight 38.00 g 1
Stalk Angle straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve very weak 1
Stalk Thickness thick 1
Stalk Length short-medium mm 1
Eye Aperture open 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.