Beacon

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised by Rivers at Sawbridgeworth. First catalogued in 1881. Fruits have tender, greenish white, juicy flesh with a subacid to astringent flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Grosse Calebasse x Unknown

Accession No.
2001 - 027     check_circle

Accession name
Beacon

Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very low ^a

Over Colour
orange/pink ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white ^a

Weight
99.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent/very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.