Butirra

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 068     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Sicily, Italy. Fruits have tender, rather coarse, creamy white flesh with very little flavour.

Accession name
Butirra

Flowering time
8th April 10% flowering
13th April Full (80%) flowering
26th April 90% petal fall

Size
small-medium/medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
pyriform/quince ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
red/brown ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white ^a

Weight
127.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
thin ^a

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.