Arpaval Ero
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from the Hungarian University of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, moderately perfumed flavour.
Accession name
Arpaval Ero
Flowering time
22nd April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Size
very small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/quince a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
absent a
Flesh Colour
cream/green a
Weight
19.00 g a
Stalk Angle
straight a
Stalk Curve
very weak/weak a
Stalk Thickness
very thin a
Stalk Length
very long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.