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Clara Frijs
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
An old variety originating from Denmark. First described by J.A. Bentzien in the Danish Garden Journal in 1858. Fruits have very juicy, sweet flesh with a good flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1958 - 019
- Accession name
- Clara Frijs
- Flowering time ›››
- 22nd April10% flowering
27th AprilFull (80%) flowering
5th May90% petal fall - Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- conical 1
- Ground Colour
- yellow 1
- Over Colour
- none 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Russet
- absent/low (0-25%) 1
- Flesh Colour
- white 1
- Weight
- 130.00 g 1
- Stalk Angle
- straight/oblique 1
- Stalk Curve
- absent 1
- Stalk Thickness
- medium 1
- Stalk Length
- medium 1
- Eye Aperture
- open 1
- Stalk Length
- medium mm 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019