Alexandre Delfosse
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 firm, tender, slightly gritty flesh with a sweet, slightly perfumed flavour.
Accession name
Alexandre Delfosse
Flowering time
24th April 10% flowering
28th April Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall
Size
very small/very small-small/small/small-medium/medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
ovoid/pyriform a
Ground Colour
green a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
high/very high a
Flesh Colour
white/green a
Weight
103.00 g a
Russet (percent)
51-100% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick a
Stalk Length
short-medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.