Late-season pears

•   Picking season - Late
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•   Category - Pear trees

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  Beurre Hardy

  A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Beurre Superfin

  A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.  compare
  From £19.50
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Black Worcester

  The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Catillac

  A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.  compare
  From £19.50 to £33.45
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Concorde®  Best seller

  A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Conference  Best seller

  Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Doyenne du Comice  Best seller

  Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Fondante d'Automne

  An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.  compare
  From £19.50
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Glou Morceau

  A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.  compare
  From £19.50
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Humbug®

  Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.  compare
  From £19.50 to £33.45
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Josephine de Malines

  A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.  compare
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Obelisk  Best seller

  A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.  compare
  From £19.50 to £37.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Packham's Triumph

  Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.  compare
  From £19.50
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
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  Winter Nelis

  A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.  compare
  From £19.50 to £33.45
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating