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Belle Lucrative Pear

Another wonderfully historic pear variety about which much more is written in our reference than there is space for here. Belle Lucrative is of Flemish origin. In 1831 it was growing in the London Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick,...

Beurre Bosc Pear

A seedling pear found by Dr Van Mons, growing in the garden of M. Swates at Linkebeeke, France. It was named after M. Bosc, the Director of the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris. Fruits have yellowish, tender, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour. A...

Beurre Bosc Pear (semi-dwarf)

A seedling pear found by Dr Van Mons, growing in the garden of M. Swates at Linkebeeke, France. It was named after M. Bosc, the Director of the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris. Fruits have yellowish, tender, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour. A...

Beurre Diel Pear (semi-dwarf)

A chance seedling found in 1805, by M. Meuris the head gardener for Dr. Van Mons at the Chateau of Perck near Vilvoorde. Van Mons named it in honour of his friend Dr. Augustus Frederick Adrien Diel, a distinguished German pomologist. Lemon-yellow, rough,...

Beurre Easter Pear (semi-dwarf)

Seems to have originated in the gardens of the Capucin Monastery at Louvain, Belgium, where there was recorded, about 1823, an old pear tree known to the monks as the Pastorale de Louvain. As the variety attracted attention it became widely...

Beurre Hardy Pear (semi-dwarf)

A French pear raised in about 1820 by M. Bonnet, Boulonge-sur-Mer, France. Acquired by M. Jean-Laurent Jamin, a nurseryman near Paris, who named it in honour of M. Hardy Director and Professor of Arboriculture at the Garden of Luxembourg. It was...

Beurre Superfin Pear (semi-dwarf)

Raised in 1837 by M. Goubalt, Angers, France. First fruited in 1844. Introduced to america about 1850. Fruits have yellowish white, very melting, sweet flesh with a delicious perfumed flavour. Pollination Group: Buerre Bosc, Williams, Comice,...

Conference Pear

Common commercial variety in UK, has good disease resistance and is partially self-fertile. Raised by pomologist Thomas Francis Rivers at Rivers Nursery Sawbridgeworth. Exhibited at the National British Pear Conference after which it was named. Awarded a...

Conference Pear (semi-dwarf)

Common commercial variety in UK, has good disease resistance and is partially self-fertile. Raised by pomologist Thomas Francis Rivers at Rivers Nursery Sawbridgeworth. Exhibited at the National British Pear Conference after which it was named. Awarded a...

Cool Crisp™ European Pear (dwarf)

European Pear Cool Crisp™ is a very attractive pear with red blush on smooth yellow skin. The cream-white flesh is smooth, grit-free and firm even when fully ripe, with a sweet, lemony, and floral pear flavours. The fruit matures over a 2-week...

Corella Pear (Forelle)

Also called Forelle. Forelle is the German word for trout and the colouration, and with imagination the shape, of a ripe Corella pear is reminiscent of a trout at spawning. Small to medium in size. Corella pears are great eaten fresh or in a salad...

Doyenne Du Comice Pear

One of the finest flavoured pears, from trial beds in the Comice Horticole, Angers, Department of Maine-et-Loire, France in mid-19th century. First fruited in 1849. Introduced to England in 1858 by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Skin smooth with russet...

Doyenne Du Comice Pear (semi-dwarf)

One of the finest flavoured pears, from trial beds in the Comice Horticole, Angers, Department of Maine-et-Loire, France in mid-19th century. First fruited in 1849. Introduced to England in 1858 by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Skin smooth with russet...

Duchess D’Anglouleme European Pear (semi-dwarf)

Pyrus communis 'Duchesse d'Angouleme' is a traditional French pear, dating back to the early 1800s. Large fruit, thin skin ripens to a warm yellow, hints of russet and a white flesh. Rich, sweet flavour. Dark green foliage and pretty white...

Durondeau Pear (semi-dwarf)

A highly regarded pear with tender, melting flesh in a red fruit. Originated in Belgium in the early 19th century. Late season, partially self-fertile. Pollination: cross-pollinate with another European Pear, partly self-fertile Size: to approx...

Faccia Rosa Pear

Originating in Sicily, the name means Red Face. Cocktail size yellowy green fruit with red cheek. Soft, sweet and juicy. Pollination Group: Lemon Bergamot, Corella are ideal or any other European pear tree Size: Up to 5 metres when mature...

Flemish Beauty Pear (semi-dwarf)

Early 19th century variety that was once a leading commercial variety in eastern regions of America. The parent tree is thought to have been a wilding found in a wooded area near Alost, East Flanders, Belgium about 1800. It has many synonyms, but the...

Gin Perry Pear

Orange-red over yellow coloured fruit. Vintage quality. Highly disease resistant. May be biennial. Fruit can be stored up to five weeks before milling. Medium sharp variety. Pollination Group: Buerre Bosc, Williams, Comice, Winter Nellis,...

Glou Morceau European Pear (semi-dwarf)

Pyrus communis 'Glou Morceau' is a very old Belgian variety raised at Mons from seed around 1750. The name translates as dainty or delicious morsel with good reason. Fruit has russetted, tender pale greenish-yellow skin (3), flesh tinged yellow, tender,...

Green Horse Perry Pear

Large, rounded fruit also suitable for preserving. High acid/low tannin. Medium sharp variety. Pollination Group: Conference, Buerre Hardy, Josephine, Packham’s, Nijisseki, Clapp’s Favourite, Chojuro, Kosui.

Henry's Red Longdon Perry Pear

Red Longdon is thought to have originated in the Forest of Dean in the Wye Valley where it was propagated by local farmers as early as the 1400s. The fruit is turbinate or pyriform, the skin is green or yellowish green with a strong red or red-orange...

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