Alphonse Huttin

Culinary pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 109     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have coarse, yellowish-white, dry, firm flesh.

Accession name
Alphonse Huttin

Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
ovoid/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
orange-red ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/yellow ^a

Weight
135.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open/half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.