Santa Claus

Pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1935 - 066     check_circle

Accession name
Santa Claus

Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
29th April Full (80%) flowering
9th May 90% petal fall

Size
large-very large ¹

Shape
pyriform ¹

Ground Colour
green-yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ¹

Over Colour
brown ¹

Russet
very high ¹

Flesh Colour
cream/yellow ¹

Weight
294.00 g ¹

Russet (percent)
76-100% ¹

Stalk Angle
oblique ¹

Stalk Curve
very weak ¹

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick ¹

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ¹

Eye Aperture
half open ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.