Cayuga
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in 1906 by U.P. Hedrick at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, USA. Introduced in 1920. Fruits have firm, yellow, juicy, sweet flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Seckel x Unknown
Accession name
Cayuga
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical 1
Ground Colour
green-yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
red 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
224.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent 1
Stalk Thickness
thick 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
closed 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.