Buzas Korte
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from the Hungarian University of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary. Fruits have firm, tender, slightly gritty flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Accession name
Buzas Korte
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Size
small a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/quince a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
orange/brown a
Russet
medium a
Flesh Colour
cream a
Weight
47.00 g a
Russet (percent)
26-50% a
Stalk Angle
straight a
Stalk Curve
absent/very weak a
Stalk Thickness
very thin-thin a
Stalk Length
very long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.