Early-season pears

•   Picking season - Early
•   Category - Pear trees

• Using
• Growing
• Disease resistance
• Climate
• Identification
• Stock

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners2
Average2
Some needed

Fruit tree categories

Apple trees10
Apricot trees3
Cherry trees5
Cider apple trees1
Crab apple trees3
Damson trees1
Mirabelle trees1
Mulberry trees2
Peach trees2
Pear trees4
Perry pear trees1
Plum trees6
Saskatoon bushes2
Walnut trees1

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year3
2-year1
2-year bush-trained2
Half standard1

Supplied as

Bare-root4
Pot-grown1

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)
Medium (semi-dwarf)
Large (semi-vigorous)4
Full-size (standard)1

Rootstock

Pyrus c.1
Quince A4

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early4
Mid5
Late12
Very late2

Keeping

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Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week4
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more

Uses

Good for eating fresh4
Good for cooking1
Good for juice
Good for cider

Cooking result

Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential
Full sun preferred4
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade

Flowering group

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1
2
34
4
5
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile
Partially self-fertile1
Not self-fertile3

Ploidy

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Diploid4

Pollinating others

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Good1
Average3
Poor

Vigour

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Weak growing1
Slightly small
Average growth2
Slightly large
Large1
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious1
Slow to start bearing

Cropping

Heavy1
Good3
Light

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer4
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening4
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular4
Biennial tendency

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance2
Some resistance
Susceptible

Can be grown in

Temperate climates4
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates3

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good1
Average
Poor2

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture1

Canker

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Scab

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Very resistant
Some resistance1
Neutral
Some susceptibility2
Very susceptible

Mildew

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Fruit identificationtop

Country of origin

Australia1
United Kingdom2
United States1

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 19492
1950 - 19991
2000

Fruit colour

Green - light3
Red / Green1

• Pear trees
  

  Beth  Best seller

  An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Pear trees
  

  Moonglow

  A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.  compare
  From £19.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
• Pear trees
  

  Sensation

  A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.  compare
  From £19.95 to £33.45
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Pear trees
  

  Williams  Best seller

  Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating