Belle des Abres

Culinary pear

Pyrus communis L.

Introduced by M. Houdin of Chateandun, France in about 1880. Fruits have white, firm, very juicy flesh. Described as

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 331     check_circle

Accession name
Belle des Abres

Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
20th April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall

Size
large ¹

Type
Culinary ¹

Shape
quince ¹

Ground Colour
green ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ¹

Over Colour
none ¹

Russet
low ¹

Flesh Colour
white/cream ¹

Weight
313.00 g ¹

Russet (percent)
1-25% ¹

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ¹

Stalk Curve
weak-medium ¹

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ¹

Stalk Length
medium-long/long mm ¹

Eye Aperture
open/half open ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.