Clapp's Favourite
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusset, USA. Fruits have white, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Sports:
Large Clapps
Starkrimson
Accession name
Clapp's Favourite
Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
conical/pyriform 1
Ground Colour
yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
orange/red 1
Russet
absent/low 1
Flesh Colour
white 1
Weight
178.00 g 1
Russet (percent)
0-25% 1
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique 1
Stalk Curve
absent/very weak 1
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick 1
Stalk Length
medium mm 1
Eye Aperture
open 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.