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	Pear Alexandre Lambre	Apple Nova Easygro	Apple Sweet Alford	Apple Red Windsor	Plum Opal
Summary	A high quality dessert pear, developed by Belgian enthusiast Van Mons, with the classic buttery melting flesh. Ripens late and needs a warm climate for best results.	Fruit is large, oblate, 80% red stripe over greeninsh yellow ground. Stores well in cold storage. Flesh is snow white, firm, crisp, mildly sweet, slightly juicy. Slightly tough at picking but mellows in storage. Recommended for cooking, salads & eating fresh.	Fruit small-medium, pale yellow blushed pink. Sweet, juicy flesh. High quality.	A red sport of Alkmene, with the same strong Cox-style flavour, but with a distinctly different appearance. Also known as Sweet Lilibet.	A popular early-ripening plum variety with a good flavour, and very easy to grow.
Identification	Alexandre Lambre	Nova Easygro	Sweet Alford	Red Windsor	Opal
Fruit colour					Red / mottled
Flesh colour
Fruit size	Medium
Fruit shape					Oval
Using	Alexandre Lambre	Nova Easygro	Sweet Alford	Red Windsor	Opal
Flavor				Good	Very good
Flavour style				Aromatic
Ripening period					Mid season
Use/Keeping				1 week	1-3 days
Cooking result
Growing	Alexandre Lambre	Nova Easygro	Sweet Alford	Red Windsor	Opal
Picking
Cropping				Heavy	Heavy
Vigour				Slightly small	Average growth
Pollination	Flowering group 4			Flowering group 2 Self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance	Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-fertile
Gardening skill				Very easy	Very easy
Problems				Scab - Very resistant
Other	Alexandre Lambre	Nova Easygro	Sweet Alford	Red Windsor	Opal
Country of origin	Belgium	Canada	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Sweden
Other qualities					Awards 1995

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