Beurre Mortillet
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised before 1875 by M. Fougere at St. Priest (Isere), France. It was named after the famous French pomologist Grenoble. Fruits have pale yellow, firm, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Williams' Bon Chretien x Unknown
Accession name
Beurre Mortillet
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
orange-red 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white/cream 1
Weight
255.00 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
half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.