Crassane

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Sports:
Crassane Panachee

Accession No.
1948 - 091     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have white, melting, tender, sweet flesh with a fine perfumed flavour.

Accession name
Crassane

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
flat/round ¹

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ¹

Over Colour
none ¹

Russet
very high ¹

Flesh Colour
white/cream ¹

Weight
204.00 g ¹

Russet (percent)
76-100% ¹

Stalk Angle
oblique ¹

Stalk Curve
medium ¹

Stalk Thickness
thin-medium ¹

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ¹

Eye Aperture
open ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.