Doyenne de Poitiers

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1972 - 012     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1972 from East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent.

Accession name
Doyenne de Poitiers

Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
green-yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
dark red/brown 1

Russet
high 1

Flesh Colour
white/cream 1

Weight
144.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
51-75% 1

Stalk Angle
oblique 1

Stalk Curve
weak-medium 1

Stalk Thickness
medium 1

Stalk Length
medium-long mm 1

Eye Aperture
half open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.