Beurre Francois
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, coarse, gritty, juicy flesh with a sweet and slightly perfumed flavour.
Accession name
Beurre Francois
Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall
Size
small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
ovoid/flask a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
orange/red a
Russet
high a
Flesh Colour
white/cream a
Weight
85.00 g a
Russet (percent)
51-75% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick a
Stalk Length
short-medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.