Beth

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised in 1938 at East Malling Research Station, Kent by H.M. Tydeman. Fruits have creamy white, melting, juicy flesh with a rich, sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Beurre Superfin x Williams' Bon Chretien

Accession No.
1978 - 274     check_circle

Accession name
Beth

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical 1

Ground Colour
yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
pink 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
cream 1

Weight
119.00 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.