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Varieties
23 varieties
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Rootstock
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Categories
Pears
22
Dessert pears
19
Cooking pears
4
Asian pears
2
Stock availability
All
23
In stock
23
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
21
1-year bush-trained
2-year
6
2-year bush-trained
3
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
23
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
35
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M9
32
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Dwarf
3
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Quince Eline
12
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Gisela 5
15
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M26
46
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Semi-dwarf
2
?
Gisela 6
1
?
Wavit
22
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Weiwa
11
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M116
23
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MM106
92
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
?
Quince A
23
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Semi-vigorous
75
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St. Julien
71
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MM111
9
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Pyrodwarf
23
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M25
37
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
20
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Brompton
17
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F12/1
7
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Supplied as
Bare-root
22
12L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
5
Average
17
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
4
Partially self-fertile
5
Not self-fertile
14
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
10
4
11
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
3
Average
13
Poor
6
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
15
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
2
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
17
Mild damp climates
3
Warm climates
16
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
4
Late
13
Very late
2
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
13
Light
3
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
5
2-3 weeks
8
1-2 months
5
3 months or more
4
Food uses
Eating fresh
21
Culinary
6
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
1
Juice
1
Hard cider
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
6
Average
9
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
3
Fire blight
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
5
Very susceptible
2
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
2
Belgium
2
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
7
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
1
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
1
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
1
United Kingdom
6
United States
2
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
2
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
2
1800 - 1849
5
1850 - 1899
4
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
4
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
14
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
1
Crimson
Gold
3
Green
Green - light
8
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
5
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
1
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
6
Varigated
1
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
2
Cream
4
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
7
RHS AGM (former)
3
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Beurre Hardy
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
Beurre Superfin
A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Catillac
A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Concorde
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
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
Cornishgold
TM
An unusual and ancient juicing and culinary pear discovered in a garden in Cornwall, also known as the Treburrow Pear. Self-fertile and tolerant of difficult climates.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Doyenne du Comice
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
Fondante d'Automne
An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Humbug
Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Invincible
Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Jargonelle
Jargonelle is a sweet early summer pear, and will grow in most situations.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Josephine de Malines
A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Kumoi
One of the most popular Asian pears, with a firm flesh and sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Merton Pride
One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Moonglow
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Obelisk
®
A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Olympic
Olympic has potentially the largest fruits of any Asian pear variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Packham's Triumph
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pitmaston Duchess
Pitmaston Duchess is a traditional English dual-purpose, noted for the very large size of its pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Santa Claus
As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sensation
A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Williams
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)