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Pollination of Merton Pride pear trees

Merton Pride (Pyrus communis)  is in flowering group 4. Merton Pride is a triploid variety which will not pollinate other pear varieties. You will either need two pollination partners nearby which must each be different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Merton Pride, or a single self-fertile compatible pollination partner.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Merton Pride in our catalogue

  • Bethin stock

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    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Not self-fertile
    • Picking: Early
    • Available rootstocks:
    • Quince Eline
    • Quince A
  • Beurre Superfinin stock

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    A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Partially self-fertile
    • Picking: Late
    • Available rootstocks:
    • Pyrodwarf
  • Blakeney Red

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    A popular perry pear, and one of the most reliable croppers. Produces a medium-tannin juice.
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Not self-fertile
    • Picking: Late
    • Brandy

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      A mid-season English perry pear which produces a low-tannin juice.
      • Flowering group: 3
      • Not self-fertile
      • Picking: Late
      • Celebration NUVARin stock

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        Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
        • Flowering group: 3
        • Not self-fertile
        • Picking: Late
        • Available rootstocks:
        • Quince A
      • Christie

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        Christie is a traditional Scottish dessert pear.
        • Flowering group: 3
        • Not self-fertile
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        • Clapps Favourite

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          An attractive red-flushed early-season pear from the USA.
          • Flowering group: 4
          • Not self-fertile
          • Picking: Early
          • Concordein stock

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            A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
            • Flowering group: 4
            • Partially self-fertile
            • Picking: Late
            • Available rootstocks:
            • Quince Eline
            • Quince A
            • Pyrodwarf
            • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
          • Conferencein stock

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            Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
            • Flowering group: 3
            • Good pollinator
            • Self-fertile
            • Picking: Mid
            • Available rootstocks:
            • Quince Eline
            • Quince A
            • Pyrodwarf
          • Conference Moors Giant

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            Moors Giant is a natural sport of the popular Conference pear - all the same qualities, but with much larger fruit size.
            • Flowering group: 3
            • Good pollinator
            • Self-fertile
            • Picking: Mid
            • Fondante d'Automnein stock

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              An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
              • Flowering group: 4
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Late
              • Available rootstocks:
              • Quince A
              • Pyrodwarf
            • Ginin stock

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              A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
              • Flowering group: 3
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Very late
              • Available rootstocks:
              • Pyrodwarf
            • Gorhamin stock

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              A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
              • Flowering group: 4
              • Self-fertile
              • Picking: Mid
              • Available rootstocks:
              • Pyrodwarf
            • Green Horse

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              A traditional Gloucestershire perry pear, which produces a low tannin perry.
              • Flowering group: 5
              • Not self-fertile
              • Picking: Late
              • Hendre Huffcap

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                A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. Makes a light, low-tannin perry.
                • Flowering group: 3
                • Not self-fertile
                • Picking: Late
                • Humbugin stock

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                  Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
                  • Flowering group: 3
                  • Not self-fertile
                  • Picking: Late
                  • Available rootstocks:
                  • Pyrodwarf
                • Josephine de Malinesin stock

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                  A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
                  • Flowering group: 4
                  • Not self-fertile
                  • Picking: Very late
                  • Available rootstocks:
                  • Pyrodwarf
                • Moonglow

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                  A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
                  • Flowering group: 3
                  • Good pollinator
                  • Not self-fertile
                  • Picking: Early
                  • Obeliskin stock

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                    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
                    • Flowering group: 3
                    • Self-fertile
                    • Picking: Late
                    • Available rootstocks:
                    • Quince A
                    • Pyrodwarf
                  • Olympic

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                    Olympic has potentially the largest fruits of any Asian pear variety.
                    • Flowering group: 4
                    • Not self-fertile
                    • Picking: Late
                    • Onwardin stock

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                      Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
                      • Flowering group: 4
                      • Not self-fertile
                      • Picking: Mid
                      • Available rootstocks:
                      • Quince Eline
                      • Quince A
                    • Packham's Triumphin stock

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                      Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
                      • Flowering group: 3
                      • Not self-fertile
                      • Picking: Late
                      • Available rootstocks:
                      • Pyrodwarf
                    • Santa Clausin stock

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                      As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
                      • Flowering group: 4
                      • Not self-fertile
                      • Picking: Very late
                      • Available rootstocks:
                      • Pyrodwarf
                    • Sensationin stock

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                      A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
                      • Flowering group: 3
                      • Not self-fertile
                      • Picking: Early
                      • Available rootstocks:
                      • Pyrodwarf
                    • Thorn

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                      An ancient pear variety from Gloucestershire, now used mainly for perry production.
                      • Flowering group: 3
                      • Not self-fertile
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                      • Winnals Longdon

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                        A traditional Herefordshire perry pear variety, produces a low tannin perry.
                        • Flowering group: 3
                        • Not self-fertile
                        • Picking: Late
                        • Winter Nelisin stock

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                          A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
                          • Flowering group: 4
                          • Not self-fertile
                          • Picking: Late
                          • Available rootstocks:
                          • Quince A
                        • Yellow Huffcap

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                          Yellow Huffcap is a well-known English perry pear.
                          • Flowering group: 3
                          • Not self-fertile
                          • Picking: