Dessert pear
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage: Beurre Clairgeau x Williams' Bon Chretien
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Istituo di Coltivazione Arboree, Florence, Italy. Fruits have white, soft, gritty, juicy flesh with a slightly astringent flavour.
Accession name Butirra di Roma
Flowering time 17th April 10% flowering 21st April Full (80%) flowering27th April 90% petal fall
Type Dessert 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.