Chaumontel

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised c.1660 at Chaumontel, France. Fruits have white, fine, melting flesh with a very sweet, vinous flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
2001 - 044     check_circle

Accession name
Chaumontel

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium/medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
ovoid/conical/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
red/brown ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/yellow ^a

Weight
184.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open/half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.