Coscia Precoce
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
Originated in Florence, Italy. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958. Fruits have yellowish-white, tender flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Precoce di Cassano x Coscia
Accession name
Coscia Precoce
Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
pyriform/flask a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
none a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
cream/yellow a
Weight
100.00 g a
Russet (percent)
1-25% a
Stalk Angle
oblique a
Stalk Curve
very weak a
Stalk Thickness
medium-thick a
Stalk Length
long mm a
Eye Aperture
open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.