Dorsel

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 069     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have white, tender, juicy, sweet flesh with a rather 'watery' flavour.

Accession name
Dorsel

Flowering time
14th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall

Size
small/small-medium/medium/medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
ovoid/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low/low ^a

Over Colour
orange/pink ^a

Russet
low/medium ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
181.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-50% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
closed ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.