Late-season pears

•   Picking season - Late
•   Picking season - Very late
•   Category - Pear trees

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

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners2
Average10
Some needed2

Fruit tree categories

Apple trees51
Apricot trees2
Asian pear trees2
Cherry trees7
Cider apple trees8
Crab apple trees20
Damson trees4
Hazel trees2
Japanese Plums1
Medlar trees3
Mirabelle trees2
Nectarine trees3
Peach trees1
Pear trees14
Perry pear trees1
Plum trees14
Quince trees3
Walnut trees2

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

Patio-trained1
Half standard1

Supplied as

Bare-root
Pot-grown2

Height after 10 years

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

Rootstock

Pyrus c.1
Quince Eline1

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 week1
2-3 weeks7
1-2 months5
3 months or more1

Uses

Good for eating fresh12
Good for cooking4
Good for juice
Good for cider

Cooking result

Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential
Full sun preferred13
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade

Flowering group

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1
21
36
47
5
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile2
Partially self-fertile2
Not self-fertile10

Ploidy

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Diploid12
Triploid2

Pollinating others

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Good2
Average9
Poor3

Vigour

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Weak growing3
Slightly small2
Average growth4
Slightly large4
Large1
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious3
Slow to start bearing1

Cropping

Heavy8
Good4
Light2

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer9
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer1
Tip-bearer

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening10
Fruit drops when ripe1
Ripens over a period1
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular13
Biennial tendency

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance2
Some resistance
Susceptible

Can be grown in

Temperate climates13
Mild / damp climates2
Warm climates11

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good2
Average7
Poor1

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture2

Canker

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Very resistant
Some resistance1
Neutral
Some susceptibility1
Very susceptible1

Scab

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Very resistant1
Some resistance6
Neutral
Some susceptibility2
Very susceptible

Mildew

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility4
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Fruit identificationtop

Country of origin

Australia1
Belgium 3
France 5
Ukraine1
United Kingdom3

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 15991
1600 - 16491
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 18495
1850 - 18993
1900 - 1949
1950 - 19992
2000

Fruit colour

Green - light5
Green / Yellow3
Red - dark1
Russet1
Varigated1
Yellow / Red1

• Pear trees
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  

  Fondante d'Automne

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

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Pear trees
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  

  Josephine de Malines

  A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.  compare
  From £30.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Pear trees
  

  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 £33.45
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Pear trees
  

  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 
• Pear trees
  

  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