Cinq Grappes
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Switzerland. Fruits have soft, rather coarse, moderately juicy flesh with a sweet and fair flavour.
Accession name
Cinq Grappes
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/flask a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low a
Over Colour
orange-red a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
white/cream a
Weight
150.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
medium a
Stalk Thickness
medium a
Stalk Length
very long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.