Clapp's Favourite

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusset, USA. Fruits have white, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Sports:
Large Clapps
Starkrimson

Accession No.
1975 - 319     check_circle

Accession name
Clapp's Favourite

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
orange/red ^a

Russet
absent/low ^a

Flesh Colour
white ^a

Weight
178.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
0-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent/very weak ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.