Dessert pear
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have creamy white, soft, melting flesh with a very sweet flavour.
Accession name Belle de Jumet
Flowering time 17th April 10% flowering 27th April Full (80%) flowering4th May 90% petal fall
Type Dessert 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.