Moonglow pear trees
£38.25 - £40.50Moonglow pear trees for sale
Choose a size - bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,Quince A rootstock£38.25
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root tree,Pyrodwarf rootstock£40.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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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 Moonglow pear trees
Moonglow is a high-quality early-season pear. The fruits are large with a sweet flavor, reminiscent of Bartlett and Comice from which it is descended.
As with most pears, pick slightly early and then ripen indoors. Newly-picked fruits will have some acidity and can be used at this point for cooking.
Growing and Training
Moonglow is very resistant to fireblight, one of the most serious diseases of pears.
Recommended pollinators for Moonglow pear trees
Moonglow is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit.
The following varieties are good pollinators for Moonglow.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements just ask us.
WilliamsWilliams is a classic self-fertile English pear, with good flavour, heavy-cropping, and quite easy to grow.
ConferenceConference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
SensationA red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
ObeliskA useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
GinA rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
BethAn easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
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History
Developed in the 1960s by the US Dept.of Agriculture as part of a program to develop pears which were resistant to fireblight. Moonglow is a cross between an old variety called Roi Charles de Wurtemburg and an experimental variety called Michigan 437 which was derived from Bartlett and Comice. This parentage explains its good flavour characteristics.
Moonglow characteristics
- Gardening skillAverage
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersGood
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonEarly
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesEating freshCulinary
- Disease resistanceGood
- Fire blightVery resistant
- Country of originUnited States
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Fruit colourGreen - light
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.
