Early-season pears
Varieties: 5 | Clear all
Picking season - Early-
Category - Pear trees
Gardening skill
?Suitable for beginners2
Average3
Some needed
Fruit tree categories
Apple trees13Apricot trees2
Cherry trees5
Cider apple trees2
Crab apple trees3
Damson trees2
Japanese Plums1
Mirabelle trees1
Mulberry trees2
Nectarine trees1
Peach trees1
Pear trees5
Perry pear trees1
Plum trees6
Saskatoon bushes2
Walnut trees1
Stock availabilitytop
Tree form
1-year5
2-year1
2-year bush-trained3
Patio-trained3
Half standard3
Standard 1.75m1
Cordon2
Fan-trained3
Espalier-trained2
Supplied as
Bare-root5
Pot-grown3
Height after 10 years
Small (dwarf)
Medium (semi-dwarf)3
Large (semi-vigorous)4
Full-size (standard)3
Rootstock
Pyrodwarf3
Pyrus c.1
Quince A4
Quince C1
Quince Eline3
Usingtop
Picking season
?Very early
Early5
Mid6
Late15
Very late2
Keeping
?Does not keep
1-3 days1
1 week4
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Uses
Good for eating fresh5
Good for cooking2
Good for juice
Good for cider
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Growingtop
Planting position
Full sun essential
Full sun preferred5
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade
Flowering group
?1
2
34
41
5
6
Self-fertility
?Self-fertile
Partially self-fertile1
Not self-fertile4
Ploidy
?Diploid5
Pollinating others
?Good1
Average4
Poor
Vigour
?Weak growing1
Slightly small
Average growth2
Slightly large1
Large1
Very large
Precocity
?Precocious1
Slow to start bearing
Cropping
Heavy1
Good4
Light
Fruit bearing
?Spur-bearer4
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Fruit persistence
?Normal ripening5
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
Bearing regularity
?Regular5
Biennial tendency
Climatetop
Blossom frost-resistance
?Good resistance2
Some resistance
Susceptible
Can be grown in
Temperate climates5
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates4
Disease resistancetop
General resistance
?Good1
Average
Poor3
Suitable for organic
?Organic / no-spray culture1
Canker
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab
?Very resistant
Some resistance1
Neutral
Some susceptibility2
Very susceptible1
Mildew
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Silverleaf
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit identificationtop
Country of origin
Australia1
United Kingdom2
United States2
Period of origin
1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 1849
1850 - 18991
1900 - 19492
1950 - 19991
2000
Fruit colour
Green - light3
Red / Green1
Yellow / Orange1
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Early season pears
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Pear trees
Beth
An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour. compareFrom £18.45 to £55.00Flowering: 3Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating -
Pear trees
Clapp's Favourite
An attractive red-flushed early-season American pear. compareFrom £18.45Flowering: 4Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating | Cooking -
Pear trees
Moonglow
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight. compareFrom £18.45Flowering: 3Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating | Cooking -
Pear trees
Sensation
A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour. compareFrom £19.45 to £55.00Flowering: 3Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating -
Pear trees
Williams
Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow. compareFrom £19.45 to £55.00Flowering: 3partly self-fertilePick: Early-seasonUses: Eating