Grand Champion

Pear

Pyrus communis L.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1959 - 041     check_circle

Accession name
Grand Champion

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
2nd May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium ¹

Shape
conical ¹

Ground Colour
green-yellow/yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ¹

Over Colour
none ¹

Russet
very high ¹

Flesh Colour
cream/yellow ¹

Weight
141.00 g ¹

Russet (percent)
76-100% ¹

Stalk Angle
oblique/right angle ¹

Stalk Curve
absent ¹

Stalk Thickness
thick-very thick ¹

Stalk Length
very short-short mm ¹

Eye Aperture
open ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.