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Black Worcester
Culinary/Perry pear
Pyrus communis L.
Grown in Worcester before 1575 and is believed to be the pear on Worcester City coat of arms. It is also thought that Black Worcester is the original
- Synonyms:
- Warden
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the National Collection® of Perry Pears (Humblebee Park)
Accession No.
1935 - 054
- Accession name
- Black Worcester
- Flowering time ›››
- 18th April10% flowering
22nd AprilFull (80%) flowering
3rd May90% petal fall - Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- round/ovoid/conical 1
- Ground Colour
- green 1
- Over Colour
- red/dark red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Russet
- high (51-75%) 1
- Flesh Colour
- cream 1
- Weight
- 177.00 g 1
- Stalk Angle
- straight 1
- Stalk Curve
- very weak 1
- Stalk Thickness
- thin-medium 1
- Stalk Length
- medium-long 1
- Eye Aperture
- open 1
- Stalk Length
- medium-long mm 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
Design: Chris Turnbull, November 2015