Culinary pear
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1937 from the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Fruits have firm, yellowish-white, juicy , very gritty, coarse flesh.
Accession name Abas Beki
Flowering time 18th April 10% flowering 23rd April Full (80%) flowering6th May 90% petal fall
Size medium 1
Type Culinary 1
Shape pyriform 1
Ground Colour yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount) low 1
Over Colour pink 1
Russet absent/low 1
Flesh Colour cream 1
Weight 117.00 g 1
Russet (percent) 0-25% 1
Stalk Angle straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve weak 1
Stalk Thickness medium 1
Stalk Length medium mm 1
Eye Aperture open 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.