Bonne Serre de St Denis
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 white, firm, rather dry flesh with a good flavour.
Accession name
Bonneserre de Saint-Denis
Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
round/ovoid/conical a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
medium/high a
Flesh Colour
white a
Weight
215.00 g a
Russet (percent)
26-75% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
thick a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
half open/closed a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.