Double Williams
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
A tetraploid. A sport of Williams Bon Chretien received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Hertfordshire.Fruits are very juicy and sweet with a strong musky flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Williams' Bon Chretien
Accession name
Double Williams
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Size
small/small-medium/medium/medium-large/large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very low 1
Over Colour
orange-red/pink 1
Russet
medium 1
Flesh Colour
white/yellow 1
Weight
194.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
26-50% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
weak 1
Stalk Thickness
thick 1
Stalk Length
medium-long mm 1
Eye Aperture
open/half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.