Beurre d'Avril
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 creamy white, fine, juicy flesh with a subacid, slightly astringent flavour.
Accession name
Beurre d'Avril
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
round/conical a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
very high a
Flesh Colour
cream a
Weight
156.00 g a
Russet (percent)
76-100% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
medium a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick/thick a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.