Charles Ernest

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised by Mm. Baltet Fr

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1997 - 024     check_circle

Accession name
Charles Ernest

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
pink/red ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
239.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
short-medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open/half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.