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Varieties
8 varieties
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Flowering group
- 3
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Dessert pear trees
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Categories
Apples
38
Early eating apples
3
Mid-season eating apples
9
Late eating apples
18
Cooking apples
7
Dual-purpose apples
5
Red-flesh apples
1
Cherries
5
Sweet cherries
5
Cider apples
3
Pears
10
Dessert pears
8
Cooking pears
5
Perry pears
7
Plums
13
Eating plums
8
Cooking plums
5
Dual-purpose plums
5
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
6
Not in stock
2
Form
1-year
6
1-year bush-trained
2-year
1
2-year bush-trained
1
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
1
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
1
Large
6
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Quince Eline
1
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Quince A
2
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Pyrodwarf
4
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Supplied as
Bare-root
6
12L pot
1
11.5L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
1
Average
7
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
8
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
8
4
10
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
5
Poor
1
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
7
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
1
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
6
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
3
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
Late
3
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
3
Good
5
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
4
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
2
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
8
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
1
Poor
1
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
2
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
2
1900 - 1949
2
1950 - 1999
3
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
3
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
3
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
1
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
1
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Beth
An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Celebration NUVAR
®
Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Christie
Christie is a traditional Scottish dessert pear.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Humbug
Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Jargonelle
Jargonelle is a sweet early summer pear, and will grow in most situations.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Moonglow
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Packham's Triumph
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sensation
A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile