Bon-Chretien Walraevens
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, coarse, rather gritty, yellowish-white, sweet flesh with little flavour.
Accession name
Bon-Chretien Walraevens
Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/flask a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
orange-red a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
cream a
Weight
145.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.