Blickling

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Thought to have been introduced by a monastic order from Belgium. Fruits have white, slightly gritty, coarse, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1935 - 055     check_circle

Accession name
Blickling

Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
none 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white 1

Weight
104.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Curve
very weak 1

Stalk Thickness
medium 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
half open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.