Doctor Lucius

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 785     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have white, slightly juicy, sweet flesh with a fair flavour.

Accession name
Doctor Lucius

Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
none ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
153.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
weak-medium ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium ^a

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.