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Pear trees for beginners

Reliable pear trees which are easy to grow, ideal for beginners - but try to find a sheltered spot in full sun.

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  • Beth pear trees
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Early
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Concorde pear trees
    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 pear trees
    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

  • Invincible pear trees
    Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 2
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile

  • Williams pear trees
    Williams is a classic self-fertile English pear, with good flavour, heavy-cropping, and quite easy to grow.
    • Picking season: Early
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)