Beurre Capiaumont

Culinary/Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised by M. Capiaumont, a chemist at Mons, Belgium. First fruited in 1787. Fruits have pale yellow, melting flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau x Unknown

Accession No.
2001 - 034     check_circle

Accession name
Beurre Capiaumont

Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Culinary/Dessert ^a

Shape
conical ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
orange-red ^a

Russet
medium/high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/yellow ^a

Weight
93.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
26-75% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.