Doctor Lucius

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 785     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have white, slightly juicy, sweet flesh with a fair flavour.

Accession name
Doctor Lucius

Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical 1

Ground Colour
yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
none 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white/cream 1

Weight
153.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1

Stalk Curve
weak-medium 1

Stalk Thickness
medium 1

Stalk Length
medium-long mm 1

Eye Aperture
open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.