General
Category: Fruit
Fruit kind: Pear
Selection No.: P 07-03
Breeder: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij
Usage: Commercial
Origin: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij
Exclusive licensee: Culdevco (Pty) Ltd
Tree Characteristics
Chilling requirement: Medium
Growth habit: Spreading and vigorous
Full bloom (80% blossoms open): Week 39 (1st week October)
Bearing habit: Terminal and lateral
Tree Thinning
Pollinators: Packham’s Triumph
Production: 55-60 tons/ha
Thinning: Thin out as early as possible to avoid scuff marks that occur when 2 fruits grow next to each other.
Fruit Characteristics
Harvest date: Ceres, Eselfontein: End of December (First week in January)
Size: 140-150g
Shape: Oblong-ovate-pyriform
Colour: Bright Red blushed skin (retains blush during heat waves)
Taste: Sweet and juicy
Lenticels: Conspicuous
Stem length: Intermediate
Storage ability: Excellent
ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij: Prof. B Ndimba | Tel: 021 809 3002
Culdevco: Mishkaat Anderson | Tel: 021 888 8473
*= Plant Breeders Rights: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij
**= Data obtained at Bien Donne, Simondium, Western Cape and is not necessarily representative of other areas.
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