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Varieties
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Awards
- RHS AGM (current)
Flowering group
- 4
Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Dessert pears
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Categories
Cherries
1
Sweet cherries
1
Pears
1
Dessert pears
1
Cooking pears
1
Plums
2
Eating plums
1
Stock availability
All
1
In stock
1
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Espalier
Fan-trained
Step-over
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
1
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Pyrodwarf
1
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Supplied as
Bare-root
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
1
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
1
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
2
4
1
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
1
Poor
Ploidy
?
Diploid
1
Triploid
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
No
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
1
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
1
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
1
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
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Very early
Early
Mid
1
Late
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
Good
1
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
1
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
1
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
1
Average
Poor
Scab
?
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
Large
1
Very large
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
1
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Pear trees
Gorham
A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile