Bonne Serre de St Denis

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 123     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have white, firm, rather dry flesh with a good flavour.

Accession name
Bonneserre de Saint-Denis

Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
round/ovoid/conical 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
none 1

Russet
medium/high 1

Flesh Colour
white 1

Weight
215.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
26-75% 1

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 1

Stalk Thickness
thick 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
half open/closed 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.