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Pollination of Winter Nelis pear trees
Your Winter Nelis pear tree is in flowering group 4.
It is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner of a different variety nearby.
The following varieties should pollinate this pear tree.
Pollination partner pear varieties in our catalogue
An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability: sold out
Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince A
- Cordon bare-root Quince A
- 2-year bush-trained pot-grown Quince A
- Half-standard premium pot-grown Quince A
- 1-year bare-root Pyrus c.
- Standard 1.75m bare-root Pyrus c.
Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince Eline
- 2-year patio-tree pot-grown Quince Eline
- 2-year bush-trained bare-root Quince Eline
- 2-year bush-trained pot-grown Quince A
- Half-standard bare-root Quince A
An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability: sold out
A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4
Self-fertile
Picking season: Mid seasonStock availability: sold out
A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- Standard 1.75m bare-root Pyrus c.
An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince Eline
- 2-year bush-trained bare-root Quince Eline
- 1-year bare-root Quince A
- 2-year bush-trained bare-root Quince A
- 2-year bush-trained pot-grown Quince A
- Half-standard bare-root Quince A
One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince A
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince A
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Self-sterile
Picking season: Stock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Pyrodwarf
Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking season: Early seasonStock availability:
- 1-year bare-root Quince Eline
- 1-year bare-root Quince A
- 2-year bush-trained pot-grown Quince A
- Half-standard premium pot-grown Quince A
- 1-year bare-root Pyrus c.
- Standard 1.75m bare-root Pyrus c.
Other compatible varieties
We do not sell these varieties but they may be available from other fruit tree nurseries. Use our enquiry form and we will help you find a supplier.
- Abas Beki,
- Abbé Fétel,
- Alexandre Lambré,
- Ananas de Courtrai,
- Autumn Nelis,
- Baronne de Mello,
- Beurré Bosc,
- Beurré Capiaumont,
- Beurré d'Arenberg,
- Beurré Duval,
- Beurré Superfin,
- Broom Park,
- Clapp Favorite,
- Doctor Lentier,
- Doyenne d'Ete,
- Durondeau,
- Fertility,
- Hacon's Incomparable,
- Old Home,
- Pitmaston Duchess,
- Princess,
- Robin,
- Seckel
More advice about pollination
Please note that our whilst our system takes many relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate
Our article on the pollination of fruit trees gives more details of the factors involved in pollination.
