Bianchettone

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 138     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Sicily, Italy. Fruits have coarse, gritty, creamy white., juicy flesh with a rather weak flavour.

Accession name
Bianchettone

Flowering time
4th April 10% flowering
11th April Full (80%) flowering
23rd April 90% petal fall

Size
small ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low/low ^a

Over Colour
orange/brown ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
50.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium/medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.