Concorde pear trees
Pyrus communis - Picking season: Late October
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993
A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
Concorde pear trees for sale
Pot-grown
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree Quince Eline rootstock £60.50< 5 in stock
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG2Premium cordon 12L pot-grown tree Quince Eline rootstock £60.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree Quince A rootstock £56.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
PG4Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree Quince A rootstock £62.00< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree Quince Eline rootstock £39.75
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root tree Quince C rootstock £39.75
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR32-year bush-trained bare-root tree Quince Eline rootstock £47.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR4Cordon-trained bare-root tree Quince Eline rootstock £49.00< 5 in stock
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR51-year bare-root tree Quince A rootstock £38.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR62-year bush-trained bare-root tree Quince A rootstock £47.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR72-year bare-root tree Quince A rootstock £47.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR81-year bare-root tree Pyrodwarf rootstock £40.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 11th December onwards where these items are showing as in stock.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95. It is calculated when you add trees to your basket, based on your postcode.
Concorde is without doubt one of the best pears for the UK. It is a fairly new variety, but combines the strengths of two classic 19th century varieties. From Conference it inherits reliability, cropping potential, and excellent suitability for the UK climate. From Doyenne du Comice it inherits top quality flavour. The result is a pear that has both an excellent flavour and yet grows well in the sometimes marginal conditions of an English summer.
The fruit is very similar to Conference in appearance, tall and pear shaped with extensive russet. The skin colour is variable, normally a yellow-cream color but it may sometimes be flushed from exposure to sunlight.
How to grow
Concorde produces a compact upright tree.
Like all pears it can be difficult to tell ripeness on the tree, but if you lift and twist gently and the fruit comes away then it will be ready to pick. However leave the pears in a fruit bowl for a few days, until they become a golden yellow colour - at this point they should be ripe and ready to eat.
Concorde is particularly suited to organic growing regimes, as it has some scab resistance.
Concorde is usually considered self-fertile, but in practice it performs much better if there is a compatible pollinator nearby.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
History
Concorde was developed at the East Malling Research Station in the UK, in the 1970s. It is a cross betweeen Conference and Doyenne du Comice.
Concorde characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group4
- Pollinating othersAverage
- PloidyDiploid
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
- Food usesEating fresh
- Flavour style (apples)Sweeter
- Disease resistanceAverage
- ScabSome susceptibility
- CankerVery susceptible
- MildewSome susceptibility
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourGreen - light
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
