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  • Beurre Hardy

    Beurre Hardy pear trees
    A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Catillac

    Catillac pear trees
    A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Concorde

    Concorde pear trees
    A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile

  • Conference

    Conference pear trees
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Conference Moors Giant®

    Moors Giant is a natural sport of the popular Conference pear - all the same qualities, but with much larger fruit size.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • CornishgoldTM

    Cornishgold pear trees
    An unusual and ancient juicing and culinary pear discovered in a garden in Cornwall, also known as the Treburrow Pear. Self-fertile and tolerant of difficult climates.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Isfahan

    Isfahan quince trees
    A sweet-flavoured quince from Iran, that can be eaten fresh as well as used for cooking.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Meech's Prolific

    Meech's Prolific quince trees
    A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste

  • Nottingham

    Nottingham medlar trees
    A popular Medlar, used mainly for cooking.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Obelisk®

    Obelisk pear trees
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Onward

    Onward pear trees
    Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
    • Picking season: Mid
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Serbian Gold

    Serbian Gold quince trees
    Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Vranja

    Vranja quince trees
    A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Williams

    Williams pear trees
    Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
    • Picking season: Early
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Winter Nelis

    Winter Nelis pear trees
    A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
    • Picking season: Late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile