Gros Blanquet

Pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 539     check_circle

Accession name
Gros Blanquet

Flowering time
10th April 10% flowering
15th April Full (80%) flowering
27th April 90% petal fall

Size
small ^a

Shape
pyriform ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low/low ^a

Over Colour
orange/brown ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
64.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium/medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.