Benita
Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis
Crisp apple-pear (Nashi hybrid) with refreshing sweet juice.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
crispjuicysweet
Susceptibility & resistance
Fireblight
Profile
- Parentage
- Nashi 'Hosui' × 'Général Leclerc' (Sortenname 'Rafzas')
- Breeder
- Peter Hauenstein, Rafz
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Cross between Asian Nashi pear and European pear. Round, apple-shaped fruit with crisp, very juicy and sweet flesh.
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