Dessert pear
Raised before 1875 by M. Fougere at St. Priest (Isere), France. It was named after the famous French pomologist Grenoble. Fruits have pale yellow, firm, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Williams' Bon Chretien x Unknown
Accession name
Beurre Mortillet
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
orange-red 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
white/cream 1
Weight
255.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent 1
Stalk Thickness
thick 1
Stalk Length
very short-short mm 1
Eye Aperture
half open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.