Beurre Baguet
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Originated with A. Baguet of Jodoigne, Belgium. Fruits have white, fairly tender, melting, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Beurre Baget
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
none 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white/cream 1
Weight
163.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent 1
Stalk Thickness
medium 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.