Pearvariety
Cheltenham Cross
A dessert pear with white or cream flesh and yellow skin, pear-shaped, raised in 1921 and introduced in 1947; sweet, juicy and soft.
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Origin · Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol
Released 1947
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert pear
Origin & family
Where Cheltenham Cross began
Recorded origin
Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol
- Released
- 1947
Cheltenham Cross’s family
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Cheltenham Cross
Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol
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