Cool Temperate

Pears

Autumn / Winter 2008-9 bare-root prices:

On Quince A rootstock - moderate vigour, best all round choice; Quince C - 10% smaller

Bush & 2 year olds: £18.00;Cordon £20; Espalier & Fan £40.00 - £51.00

Pears will need a partner unless Self Fertile - SF. Trees in near-neighbours gardens may be sufficient if not too far away. Family trees will have varieties that cross pollinate each other.

Pollination partners should share the same Po. period, or be in an adjacent period. E.g. A Po.3 pear will need a Po. 3 partner ideally, but should be ok with a Po.2 or Po.4.

Beth	Po. 3	Reliable, heavy, precocious crops; sweet, melting flesh; upright moderate tree; Sept. QA	B, Esp
Beurre Hardy	Po.4	Medium/large russetted fruit; rose water flavour, juicy;heavy crop;vigorous upright tree; good on poor soils. Red autumn colour. October. QA	M
Concorde	Po. 3	Reliable, precocious crops, good flavour, juicy, melting flesh, stores well, use Nov-Dec. quince A + C	M, Esp
Conference	Po. PSF	Heavy, reliable crops; fairly hardy, partly self fertile. Use Oct-Nov. QA+C.	M,B, Esp
Doyenne Du Comice	Po. 4	Superb quality, needs a warm site or wall, susceptible scab, heavy crop in good year. Oct-Nov.	M,B,Esp
Doyenne d'Ete	Po.1	1700 France. Earliest pear to ripen. Small sweet and moderately juicy. Ripens yellow in July/August.QA	B
Emile d'Heyst	Po.2 SF	Medium size, yellow/green; sweet/sharp fruit, moderately juicy, good in North. Oct/Nov.	M,B
Gorham	Po.4	Williams type, healthier & hardier, heavy crops. Yellow, musky, juicy. Good pollinator. Sept. QA	M
Hessle	Po.4 PSF	Hardy, prolific small pear, sweet, juicy, great for kids. Pick Sept, use Oct. QA	B
Invincible	Po.2 SF	NEW French pear for cool sites, hardy, heavy crop, good pollinator. QA	B
Jargonelle	Po.3	Triploid - will not pollinate others. Long and good favour, keeps for about a week, hardy, Tip B. Long bendy shoots. Aug	B
Josephine de Malines	Po.3	Tip bearer. Small sweet delicious but needs warmth. Long weeping shoots. Ripens in succession. Dec/Jan	B
Louise Bonne of Jersey	Po.2	Small/med sweet melting delicious fruit, hardy and good cropper, wont pollinate Williams types. Oct	B
Merton Pride	Po. 3	Large fruit ripen yellow, good flavour, Triploid. Sep.	B, Esp
Onward	Po. 3 PSF	Medium, good quality, juicy fruit; heavy crops, does not x pollinate with Comice. September.	B, Esp
Pitmaston Duchess	Po. 4	Very large fruit, rich, juicy, shy cropper, liable to scab. On pear rootstock - vigorous. Espalier.	Esp
Sensation	Po. 3	Sport of Williams with red skin and foliage, same quality fruit and more ornamental. August	M
William's Bon Chretien	Po.3 PSF	Familiar commercial pear, canned as 'Bartlett'. Very juicy and sweet. Good choice for E. and N.E. facing walls. Hardy. Short season. September.	M,Esp
Winter Nelis	Po. 4	Good crops of small round sweet fruit, some frost & scab res., good as espalier on wall. Dec-Jan.	M

FAMILY PEAR TREES
on on Quince A rootstock £40.00
Beth / Conference / Concorde and Conference / Comice / Williams

ASIAN PEAR £20:00

Shinseiki

Needs a warm, sheltered site. The best variety for the UK. Delicious ripened on the tree - forget the underipe imports!. Stores well. Quince C rootstock. September.

BOLWYLLER PEAR - A pear x whitebeam hybrid

Shipover - Po.3 Attractive small tree, large blooms, small sweet pears.