Beurre Rance
Culinary/Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in about 1762 by Abbe Hardenpont of Mons, Belgium. Fruits have greenish white, melting, very juicy flesh with a rich and vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Beurre Rance
Flowering time
22nd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary/Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
green/green-yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
brown 1
Russet
low/medium 1
Flesh Colour
white/green 1
Weight
126.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-50% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
weak-medium 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
long-very long mm 1
Eye Aperture
open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.