Dessert pear
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to: Beurre Capiaumont
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have white, melting, juicy flesh with a sweet and slightly perfumed flavour.
Accession name Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau
Flowering time 13th April 10% flowering 20th April Full (80%) flowering29th April 90% petal fall
Type Dessert 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.