Dessert pear
Raised by Mm. Baltet Fr
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name Charles Ernest
Flowering time 18th April 10% flowering 23rd April Full (80%) flowering1st May 90% petal fall
Size large 1
Type Dessert 1
Shape conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount) medium 1
Over Colour pink/red 1
Russet low 1
Flesh Colour white/cream 1
Weight 239.00 g 1
Russet (percent) 1-25% 1
Stalk Angle oblique 1
Stalk Curve absent 1
Stalk Thickness medium-thick 1
Stalk Length short-medium mm 1
Eye Aperture open/half open 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.