Bellisime d'Hiver

Culinary pear

Pyrus communis L.

An old variety known in France since the seventeenth century. Fruits have white, tender flesh. An excellent cooking pear.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1947 - 043     check_circle

Accession name
Bellissime d'Hiver

Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
ovoid 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
red/brown 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white 1

Weight
297.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.