Pear varieties & descriptions
Pear Tree in the garden
I can't think of anything that beats a Pear picked from the tree put in the kitchen for 2-3 days and then eaten & savoured!
Pears are easy to grow and are available in many forms & rootstocks. Choose one that works for you. A pear grown in a pot using Quince Eline rootstock will be great for even the smallest garden. A conference or Concorde variety grown on a Quince A rootstock is a very versatile plant and be put in most positions. There are also fan trained, espalier, cordon & step over trained forms often available. Fancy a challenge try growing an espalier form a 1 year old tree or a feathered whip!
PEAR VARIETY DESCRIPTIONS
- BEURRE HARDY
Beautiful ornamental as well as fruit tree. White spring blossom and red autumn foliage. Vigorous upright tree giving heavy crops even on poorer soils. Rough skinned fruit is tender and juicy with ‘rose water’ flavour. - CONCORDE
Trouble free and ideal for organic growers. Compact trees with beautiful blossom and reliable heavy crops. Self fertile. - CONFERENCE
Commercially grown for its consistent heavy crops of sweet juicy fruit. Trouble free and reliably self fertile as well as being a good pollinator for other varieties. - DOYENNE DU COMICE
Superb quality dessert fruit. Does best in a sheltered site or ideally on a wall for maximum crops. - INVINCIBLE DELWINOR FERTILIA
Excellent tough hardy variety. Regularly sets heavy crops of quality fruit and shows good disease resistance. Self fertile and acts as a good pollinator for other pears. - OBELISK
Neat compact columnar tree ideal for a smaller garden. Attractive blossom. Crunchy tasty fruit that will store. Self fertile. - ONWARD
Delicious sweet juicy fruit. Shows some resistance to spring frosts and so produces reliable crops of fruit. - WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN
Extremely good old English variety. Compact tree with stunning white scented flowers followed by reliable early crops of sweet juicy fruit.
PEAR VARIETIES | ROOTSTOCK | FORM | FRUIT RIPENING |
BEURRE HARDY | QUINCE ELINE | BUSH | LATE SEPTEMBER |
CONCORDE | QUINCE ELINE | PATIO | LATE SEPTEMBER |
HALF STANDARD | |||
STEPOVER | |||
QUINCE A | BUSH | ||
CONFERENCE | QUINCE ELINE | PATIO | LATE SEPTEMBER |
STEPOVER | |||
QUINCE A | HALF STANDARD | ||
BUSH | |||
DOYENNE DU COMICE | QUINCE ELINE | PATIO | EARLY OCTOBER |
STEPOVER | |||
QUINCE A | HALF STANDARD | ||
BUSH | |||
INVINCIBLE | QUINCE A | BUSH | MID SEPTEMBER |
OBELISK | QUINCE A | BUSH | EARLY OCTOBER |
ONWARD | QUINCE A | HALF STANDARD | EARLY SEPTEMBER |
BUSH | |||
WILLIANS' BON CHRETIEN | QUINCE ELINE | PATIO | LATE AUGUST |
STEPOVER | |||
QUINCE A | HALF STANDARD | ||
BUSH |