Cascade
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in the early 1940's by F.C. Reimer at Southern Oregon Experiment Station, USA. Fruits have white, sooth-textured, melting, sweet, juicy flesh.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage:
Max-Red Bartlett x Doyenne du Comice
Accession No.
1986 - 060 cancel
Accession name
Cascade
Flowering time
14th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
25th April 90% petal fall
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
pyriform/quince 1
Ground Colour
green-yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very high 1
Over Colour
orange/red/dark red 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
yellow/green 1
Weight
165.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
1-25% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
weak 1
Stalk Thickness
thick-very thick 1
Stalk Length
medium-long mm 1
Eye Aperture
closed 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.