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.