Doctor Stark
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1944 from Mr R. Staward, Ware Park Gardens, Hertfordshire. Fruits have soft, coarse, very gritty, very juicy flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Accession name
Doctor Stark
Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
conical/pyriform a
Ground Colour
green-yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very low a
Over Colour
pink a
Russet
high/very high a
Flesh Colour
white a
Weight
172.00 g a
Russet (percent)
51-100% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
absent a
Stalk Thickness
thick-very thick a
Stalk Length
short mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.