Constant Lesueur
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Pepinieres Moreau, Rhone, France. Fruits have firm, slightly coarse, gritty, juicy flesh with a sweet, slightly perfumed flavour.
Accession name
Constant Lesueur
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
conical/pyriform a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
white a
Weight
184.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.