Beth

Dessert pear

Pyrus communis L.

Raised in 1938 at East Malling Research Station, Kent by H.M. Tydeman. Fruits have creamy white, melting, juicy flesh with a rich, sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Beurre Superfin x Williams' Bon Chretien

Accession No.
1978 - 274     check_circle

Accession name
Beth

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
27th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
conical ^a

Ground Colour
yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
pink ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
cream ^a

Weight
119.00 g ^a

Russet (percent)
1-25% ^a

Stalk Angle
oblique ^a

Stalk Curve
absent ^a

Stalk Thickness
medium-thick ^a

Stalk Length
medium mm ^a

Eye Aperture
half open ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.