Beurre de Conitz
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 rather firm, coarse, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour.
Accession name
Beurre de Conitz
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
pink a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
white a
Weight
168.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
medium a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
half open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.