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Growing

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Using

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Food uses

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Problems

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Canker

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Scab (Apple and Pear)

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Powdery mildew

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Bacterial canker

Peach leaf curl

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Identification

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Flowering month

Blossom colour

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Fruit colour

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Flesh colour

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Awards

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  • Beth pear trees
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Early
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Beurre Hardy pear trees
    A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Concorde pear trees
    A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile

  • Conference pear trees
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Doyenne du Comice pear trees
    Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Louise Bonne of Jersey pear trees
    An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Meech's Prolific quince trees
    A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste

  • Onward pear trees
    Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Serbian Gold quince trees
    Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Vranja quince trees
    A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Williams pear trees
    Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
    • Picking season: Early
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Winter Nelis pear trees
    A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile