Alexandrine Douillard
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by M. Douillard, Nantes, France and first produced fruit in 1849. Fruits have white, fine-grained, juicy flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Alexandrine Douillard
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
orange/brown a
Russet
low/medium a
Flesh Colour
white/yellow a
Weight
217.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-50% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
very weak a
Stalk Thickness
medium a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
closed a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.