Butirra di Roma

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Beurre Clairgeau x Williams' Bon Chretien

Accession No.
1974 - 449     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Istituo di Coltivazione Arboree, Florence, Italy. Fruits have white, soft, gritty, juicy flesh with a slightly astringent flavour.

Accession name
Butirra di Roma

Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
27th April 90% petal fall

Type
Dessert ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.