Beurre Duval
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have tender, coarse, slightly gritty, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid, pear drop flavour.
Accession name
Beurre Duval
Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
conical a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
white/cream a
Weight
169.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
very weak a
Stalk Thickness
thin-medium a
Stalk Length
long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.