Coscia

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

An old Italian pear of unknown origin.Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Pepinieres Moreau, Rhone, France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Mother to:
Butirra Rosata Morettini

Father to:
Butirra Precoce Morettini
Coscia Precoce

Accession No.
1948 - 053     check_circle

Accession name
Coscia (France)

Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
27th April 90% petal fall

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
conical/pyriform 1

Ground Colour
yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
orange-red 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
white/cream 1

Weight
137.00 g 1

Russet (percent)
1-25% 1

Stalk Angle
oblique 1

Stalk Curve
absent 1

Stalk Thickness
thick 1

Stalk Length
medium mm 1

Eye Aperture
open 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.