Beurre Giffard

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Discovered in 1825 by M. Nicolas Giffard growing wild near Angers, France. Fruits have white, melting, very juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1973 - 315     check_circle

Accession name
Beurre Giffard (LA)

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
brown 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white/cream 1

Weight
96.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 1

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1

Stalk Length
short-medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.