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Sensation pear trees

£40.50
Sensation pears
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Sensation is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.

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Sensation pear trees for sale

Choose a size - bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree,Pyrodwarf rootstock£40.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR21-year bare-root tree,Pyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock£40.50
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)
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Tree specification

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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 Sensation pear trees

Sensation is a red-coloured sport (natural mutation) of the popular Williams pear variety.

The skin has a red flush and the leaves may also develop a red tint.

The flavour is very good, and growth characteristics are similar to Williams.

Growing and Training

Like Williams, Sensation can be grown throughout the drier areas of the UK.

Recommended pollinators for Sensation pear trees

Sensation 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 Sensation. If you are not sure about pollination requirements just ask us.

  • Pollinator Conference
    Conference
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
  • Pollinator Obelisk
    Obelisk
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
  • Pollinator Packham's Triumph
    Packham's Triumph
    Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
  • Pollinator Celebration NUVAR
    Celebration NUVAR
    Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
  • Pollinator Beth
    Beth
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
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History

Australia. 1940s.


Sensation characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates

Using

  • Picking seasonEarly
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping (of fruit)1 week
  • Food usesEating fresh

Problems

  • Disease resistancePoor
  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Some susceptibility
  • Fire blightSome susceptibility

Identification

  • Country of originAustralia
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • Fruit colourRed / Green

British-grown trees Trees grown in the UK.

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. Find out more.

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. Find out more.

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.


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