Belle de Soignies
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have soft, tender, rather coarse, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Accession name
Belle de Soignies
Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
quince/flask 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
209.00 g a
Russet (percent)
76-100% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick/thick a
Stalk Length
long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.