Sheldon

Pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1952 - 135     check_circle

Accession name
Sheldon

Flowering time
19th April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Size
large ^a

Shape
round/conical ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very-low/low/low-medium/medium ^a

Over Colour
dark red/brown ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
253.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

Stalk Angle
straight/oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent ^a

Stalk Thickness
thick-very thick ^a

Stalk Length
very short-short mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.