Coscia Precoce
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Originated in Florence, Italy. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958. Fruits have yellowish-white, tender flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Precoce di Cassano x Coscia
Accession name
Coscia Precoce
Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
pyriform/flask 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
none 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
cream/yellow 1
Weight
100.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
oblique 1
Stalk Curve
very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
long mm 1
Eye Aperture
open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.