Crassane

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Sports:
Crassane Panachee

Accession No.
1948 - 091     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have white, melting, tender, sweet flesh with a fine perfumed flavour.

Accession name
Crassane

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
flat/round ^a

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
none ^a

Russet
very high ^a

Flesh Colour
white/cream ^a

Weight
204.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
76-100% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
medium ^a

Stalk Thickness
thin-medium ^a

Stalk Length
medium-long mm ^a

Eye Aperture
open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.