Beurre Baltet Pere

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised and introduced by Messrs Baltet Freres of Troyes, France. Fruits have yellowish-white, fine grained, melting flesh with a good flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
2001 - 032     check_circle

Accession name
Beurre Baltet Pere

Flowering time
14th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
pyriform 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
brown 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white/green 1

Weight
204.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 1

Stalk Thickness
thick 1

Stalk Length
very short-short mm 1

Eye Aperture
open/half open/closed 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.