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Clapps Favourite pear trees

Pyrus communis
Clapp's Favorite pears
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Clapps Favourite is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

Clapps Favourite pear trees for sale

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree Pyrodwarf rootstock £38.25
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
    Out of stock
    Please try next season
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Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

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History

Raised by Mr Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA in the mid-19th century.


Clapps Favourite characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates

Using

  • Picking seasonEarly
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
  • Food usesEating freshCulinary

Problems

  • Disease resistancePoor
  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Very susceptible
  • Fire blightVery susceptible

Identification

  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1850 - 1899
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • Fruit colourYellow / Orange

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This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2023.