Cool Temperate

Pears

Availability Summer 2010-2011

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

Pyrodwarf - slightly more vigorous than QA but just as early and productive.

Bush & 2 year olds: £18.00; Cordon £20; Espalier & Fan £52.00

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	Fan, bush
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	mdn
Concorde SF	Po. 3	Reliable, precocious crops, good flavour, juicy, melting flesh, stores well, use Nov-Dec. quince A + C	bush
Conference SF	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.	B,Esp, Fan
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. QA.	M
Glou Morceau	Po.4	Green skinned quality flesh, needs a warm site	B
Gorham SF	Po.4	Williams type, healthier & hardier, heavy crops. Yellow, musky, juicy. Gd pollinator. Sept. Pyrodwarf.	M
Hessle	Po.4 PSF	Hardy, prolific small pear, sweet, juicy, great for kids. Pick Sept, use Oct. QA	B
Invincible SF	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
Onward	Po. 3 PSF	Medium, good quality, juicy fruit; heavy crops, does not x pollinate with Comice. September.	B
Pitmaston Duchess	Po. 4	Very large fruit, rich, juicy, shy cropper, liable to scab. On pyrodwarf rootstock.	Mdn only
Sensation	Po. 3	Sport of Williams with red skin and foliage, same quality fruit and more ornamental. August. QC	B
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. Pyrodwarf. Dec-Jan.	B

FAMILY PEAR TREES
on on Quince A rootstock £43.00
Beth / Conference / Concorde and Conference / Comice / Williams

ASIAN PEAR £20:00

Kumoi	SF	as below, golden russet fruit, ornamental and useful, makes an excellent espalier.
Shinseiki	SF	Needs a warm, sheltered site. Delicious ripened on the tree - forget the underipe imports!. Stores well. Pyrodwarf rootstock. September.

BOLWYLLER PEAR - A pear x whitebeam hybrid

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