Dawn
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by the United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Introduced for trial in 1960. Fruits have good quality, juicy, sweet flesh with an aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Michigan 437 x Doyenne du Comice
Accession name
Dawn
Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
pyriform/flask 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
orange-red 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
166.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent/very weak 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.