Barney
Culinary pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1992 from Mr W. Dyer, Havant, Hampshire. Fruits when baked in an oven have a characteristic red coloured flesh.
Accession name
Barney
Size
medium/medium-large a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
ovoid/conical a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very-low/low/low-medium/medium a
Over Colour
red/brown a
Russet
high/very high a
Flesh Colour
white a
Weight
201.00 g a
Russet (percent)
51-100% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
thick-very thick a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.