Beurre Luizet
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 tender, melting, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Accession name
Beurre Luizet
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
29th April Full (80%) flowering
9th April 90% petal fall
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/flask/ a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
red/dark red a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
cream a
Weight
195.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
weak a
Stalk Thickness
thick a
Stalk Length
medium-long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.