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 ^a

Shape
pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
brown ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
cream/yellow ^a

Weight
294.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.