An early-midseason scab-resistant perry pear with low acids and tannins. Origin: grown south of Gloucester, England in the 1800s; propagated and distributed by Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, England in the early 1900s. Tree: mature tree is medium to large, with compact growth, acute branch angles, distinct spurs, tends toward biennial bearing; precocious bearing; late flowering; fruit scab rare. Perry: fruit milled 1–3 weeks after harvest; juice acidity 0.28, tannins 0.09, specific gravity 1.052; produces a pleasant low acid, low tannin vintage of average quality. Fruit: small, turbinate to elliptical, 43–57 mm long, 38–51 mm diameter; stem stiff, 28–35 mm; no stem basin, shallow calyx basin. Skin green to yellow-green flushed with orange-red and covered with russet; lenticels inconspicuous. Flesh has few stone cells around core, often only four carpels. Ripens early October in England’s West Midlands, late September in western Oregon; easily shaken from tree.
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