Double de Guerre

Culinary pear

Pyrus communis L.

Introduced to the UK in 1835 by Mr Stoeffels, Mechlin, Belgium. Fruits have yellow, firm, slightly acid flesh. A good cooking pear.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1935 - 019     check_circle

Accession name
Double de Guerre

Flowering time
30th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
pyriform/flask ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
orange/red/dark red ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/yellow ^a

Weight
204.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.