Double Williams
Dessert pear
Pyrus communis L.
A tetraploid. A sport of Williams Bon Chretien received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Hertfordshire.Fruits are very juicy and sweet with a strong musky flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Williams' Bon Chretien
Accession name
Double Williams
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall
Size
small/small-medium/medium/medium-large/large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
conical/pyriform a
Ground Colour
yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent/very low a
Over Colour
orange-red/pink a
Russet
medium a
Flesh Colour
white/yellow a
Weight
194.00 g a
Russet (percent)
26-50% a
Stalk Angle
straight/oblique a
Stalk Curve
weak a
Stalk Thickness
thick a
Stalk Length
medium-long mm a
Eye Aperture
open/half open a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.