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Varieties
14 varieties
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- Pyrodwarf
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Categories
Pears
12
Dessert pears
12
Cooking pears
2
Perry pears
2
Stock availability
All
14
In stock
14
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
9
1-year bush-trained
2-year
7
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
14
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
33
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Very dwarf
1
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M9
26
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Dwarf
2
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VVA-1
22
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Quince Eline
10
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Gisela 5
12
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M26
45
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Wavit
1
?
Weiwa
10
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M116
18
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MM106
88
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Colt
12
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Own-roots
1
?
Quince A
18
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Semi-vigorous
65
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St. Julien
65
?
MM111
15
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Pyrodwarf
14
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M25
28
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Brompton
15
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Supplied as
Bare-root
14
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
3
Average
10
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
8
Flowering group
?
1
1
2
3
7
4
6
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
9
Poor
3
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
9
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
2
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
11
Mild damp climates
3
Warm climates
9
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
2
Late
6
Very late
2
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
7
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
3
2-3 weeks
4
1-2 months
5
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
12
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
2
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
1
Average
7
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
3
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
5
Very susceptible
2
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
2
Belgium
1
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
3
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
1
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
5
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
4
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
8
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
Green - light
5
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
3
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
7
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Beurre Hardy
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
Beurre Superfin
A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Concorde
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 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
Doyenne du Comice
Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gin
A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gorham
A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: 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
Josephine de Malines
A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Judge Amphlet
A popular English perry pear variety producing a light, low-tannin juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Obelisk
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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
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
Williams
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)