Constant Lesueur

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 089     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Pepinieres Moreau, Rhone, France. Fruits have firm, slightly coarse, gritty, juicy flesh with a sweet, slightly perfumed flavour.

Accession name
Constant Lesueur

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
none 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white 1

Weight
184.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 1

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
open 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.