Cheltenham Cross
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Raised in 1921 by G.T. Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1947. Fruits have soft, coarse, gritty, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Doctor Jules Guyot x Conference
Accession name
Cheltenham Cross
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
orange a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
white/cream a
Weight
138.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
very weak a
Stalk Thickness
medium a
Stalk Length
medium mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.