Beurre Hardy pear trees
£39.75 - £64.50
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- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993
A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
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Beurre Hardy pear trees for sale
Choose a size - pot-grown
All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.
PG12-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, Quince A rootstock£58.75
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
PG2Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree, Quince A rootstock£64.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Choose a size - bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,Quince Eline rootstock£39.75< 5 in stock
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree,Quince Eline rootstock£47.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
Out of stock
BR3Cordon-trained bare-root tree,Quince Eline rootstock£49.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
Out of stock
BR41-year bare-root tree,Quince A rootstock£38.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Out of stock
BR52-year bush-trained bare-root tree,Quince A rootstock£47.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Out of stock
BR62-year half-standard bare-root tree,Quince A rootstock£48.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Out of stock
BR72-year bare-root tree,Pyrodwarf rootstock£49.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Out of stock
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Tree specification
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Tree sizes and forms
Next deliveries
Delivery from week commencing 16th March 2026 onwards.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
All about Beurre Hardy pear trees
Beurre Hardy is a classic French pear from the early 19th century, which has long been popular in England.
Beurre Hardy has an excellent flavour, and the buttery melting flesh which is characteristic of the best quality French pears.
As with most high quality pears, pick when still firm / hard, and ripen indoors.
Growing and Training
Beurre Hardy performs best in the south and east of the UK, in areas with good soils and plenty of warmth and sunlight. Provided conditions are right it is a reliable cropper and quite easy to grow.
The leaves turn a characteristic dull red in autumn.
Recommended pollinators for Beurre Hardy pear trees
Beurre Hardy is not self-fertile and is also a poor pollinator of other varieties. Ideally you need two other different but compatible varieties planted nearby in order to produce fruit, or one compatible self-fertile variety.
The following varieties are good pollinators for Beurre Hardy.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements just ask us.
ConferenceConference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
ConcordeA marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
Winter NelisA late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
ObeliskA useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
Santa ClausAs the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
GorhamA reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Beurre SuperfinA traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
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History
Beurre Hardy was raised by M. Bonnet, a fruit enthusiast from Boulogne in northern France, around 1820, and named after M. Hardy, a Director of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.
Beurre Hardy characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group4
- Pollinating othersPoor
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesEating fresh
- Disease resistanceAverage
- Scab (Apple and Pear)Some resistance
- Powdery mildewSome susceptibility
- Fire blightSome susceptibility
- Country of originFrance
- Period of origin1800 - 1849
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourRusset
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about pear trees
Dessert pears are amongst the most desirable of all orchard fruits, with their characteristic sweet flavours. Most of the varieties we know today arose in the first half of the 19th century, when there was an explosion of interest among amateur and professional growers in raising new varieties, particularly in Belgium, France, and England. The aim was to achieve a buttery soft flesh and exquisite rich flavour.
Unlike apples, dessert pears can't usually be eaten straight from the tree, and should not be left to ripen on the tree. Instead aim to pick them just before they are ripe, and then place them in a fruit bowl for a few days.
