Blickling

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Thought to have been introduced by a monastic order from Belgium. Fruits have white, slightly gritty, coarse, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1935 - 055     check_circle

Accession name
Blickling

Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
none ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white ^a

Weight
104.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Curve
very weak ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.