Cheltenham Cross
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in 1921 by G.T. Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1947. Fruits have soft, coarse, gritty, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Doctor Jules Guyot x Conference
Accession name
Cheltenham Cross
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
orange 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white/cream 1
Weight
138.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.