Carrick
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in 1934 by Brooks D. Drain and Lawson M. Safley at Tennessee Agricultural Experimental Station, USA. Introduced in 1957. Fruits have yellow, firm, tender, juicy, crisp flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Seckel x Garber
Accession name
Carrick
Flowering time
3rd April 10% flowering
12th April Full (80%) flowering
24th April 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
ovoid/conical 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
orange-red 1
Russet
medium 1
Flesh Colour
white/yellow 1
Weight
183.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
26-50% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
half open/closed 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.