Description

• ORIGIN: Synonym
• Passans de Portugal, origin doubtful, grown in South Australia
• TREE: Fairly vigorous, rather upright, shoot thick
• Long oval pointed leaf with rounded serrations
• DISEASE STATUS: Some scab resistance
• Very susceptible to two spotted mite
• CHILLING REQUIREMENT: High BLOSSOM & POLLINATION: Mid-season, Josephine, Conference, Red Face, San Giovanni
• FRUIT: Round pyriform, small to medium, short thick stem
• SKIN & FLESH: Greenish, yellow, bright pinkish blush, small russety dots around lenticels
• Buttery with very good flavour, few grit cells near core
• HARVEST; Late season, after Williams’ and just before Beurré Bosc, consistent cropper
• STORAGE: Fairly short
• USES: Eating