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Brandy perry pear trees

Pyrus communis
Brandy pears
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Brandy is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Brandy perry pear trees for sale

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root treePyrodwarf rootstock£37.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
    Out of stock
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  • BR21-year bare-root treePyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock£37.50
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)
    Out of stock
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  • BR32-year bush-trained bare-root treePyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock£49.00
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)
    Out of stock
    Please try next season

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Tree specification

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Delivery charges

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

Growing and Training

The main issue with Brandy is its tendency to over-crop, which can in turn cause the tree to lapse into biennial bearing - with heavy crops then light crops in alternate years. To prevent this happening, be sure to thin the fruitlets in the "on" year. This not only helps to prevent biennialism but can also improve the juice quality.

Brandy characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climates

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingHeavy
  • Food usesHard cider

Problems

  • Disease resistanceAverage
  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Some susceptibility

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom

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More about perry pear trees

Perry is a traditional drink made from fermented pear juice, and in recent years has enjoyed a resurgence in interest, along with its cousin cider. Perry is now sometimes called pear cider and although this is incorrect, the term seems to have made it more accessible to consumers.

As with cider apples, perry pears are used specifically for the qualities of their juice and cannot be eaten.

Perry pears are closely related to mainstream pears, and will cross-polinate with them, and both are classified in the species Pyrus communis. However it is likely that perry pears are a distinct sub-species.

If grown on seedling rootstocks perry pears can be very long-lived, as well as growing to a considerable height and spread.

Perry production has a very long history in England, but has tended to be less widespread than cider production, and until recently the vast majority of perry orchards were to be found in a small area of western England, mainly in Gloucestershire. Perry pears are also grown in the traditional French cider growing areas, but the French drink is produced in a different way to English perry.


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