Beacon
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by Rivers at Sawbridgeworth. First catalogued in 1881. Fruits have tender, greenish white, juicy flesh with a subacid to astringent flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Grosse Calebasse x Unknown
Accession name
Beacon
Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
green-yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very low 1
Over Colour
orange/pink 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
99.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent/very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.