Chaumontel
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised c.1660 at Chaumontel, France. Fruits have white, fine, melting flesh with a very sweet, vinous flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Chaumontel
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium/medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
ovoid/conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
green-yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
red/brown 1
Russet
very high 1
Flesh Colour
white/yellow 1
Weight
184.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
76-100% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
open/half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.