Directeur Hardy

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised by M. Tourasse and introduced by Mm. Baltet Fr

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
2001 - 047     check_circle

Accession name
Directeur Hardy

Flowering time
12th April 10% flowering
16th April Full (80%) flowering
24th April 90% petal fall

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical/pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high ^a

Over Colour
orange/red ^a

Russet
medium ^a

Flesh Colour
cream ^a

Weight
158.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
26-50% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.