Pear trees

• Early season eating pear trees
• Mid season eating pear trees
• Late season eating pear trees
• Cooking pear trees
• Perry pear trees
• Asian pear trees

Early season eating pear trees

The season for early eating pears runs from mid August to mid September. In warm summers ripening can occur very rapidly and you need to be vigilant and pick the fruit before they are over-ripe and start to drop.

Please find below 6 of the most popular and recommended varieties. We can offer a total of 43 varieties - click here.

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  1Bambinella
  Pre-order from May
  An unusual tiny round summer pear with crisp, very juicy and sweet flesh similar to an asian pear.
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  2Beth
  Pre-order from May
  One of the earliest pears to ripen. It has good flavour and is a reliable cropper.
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  3Jargonelle
  Pre-order from May
  A very old early dessert pear. A high quality sweet juicy pear.
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  4Nuvar™ Misty Rose™
  Graft to order
  new red dessert pear
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  5Sensation
  Pre-order from May
  An attractive red skinned sport of Williams Bon Chretien.
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  6Williams Bon Chretien
  Pre-order from May
  Probably the best known and most widely grown pear throughout the world.

Mid season eating pear trees

Mid season eating pears ripen from mid Septmeber to mid October. Some can be picked while still hard and stored in cold conditions to extend their season.

Please find below 8 of the most popular and recommended varieties. We can offer a total of 59 varieties - click here.

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  1Beurre Bosc
  Pre-order from May
  An attactive looking pear with good sweet flavour and reliable cropping.
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  2Beurre Hardy
  Pre-order from May
  One of the finest dessert pears. Tender, juicy and sweet with a hint of rosewater.
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  3Concorde
  Pre-order from May
  An excellent modern dessert pear similar to Conference and suitable for most locations.
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  4Conference
  Pre-order from May
  The most widely grown pear in the UK. Suitable for most locations and partially self-fertile.
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  5Doyenne du Comice
  Pre-order from May
  One of the finest flavoured and most popular commercially grown dessert pears.
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  6Durondeau
  Pre-order from May
  A stunning pear in the autumn with large golden fruit and crimson foliage.
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  7Louise Bonne of Jersey
  Pre-order from May
  An attractive red flushed pear with a distinctive, slightly acid flavour.
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  8Onward
  Pre-order from May
  An Engish dessert pear not unlike Comice with excellent flavour and good reliable cropping.

Late season eating pear trees

Late season eating pears are ready for picking by mid October. They can be stored and kept in cool conditions and ripenned indoors during the winter.

Please find below 3 of the most popular and recommended varieties. We can offer a total of 35 varieties - click here.

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  1Glou Morceau
  Pre-order from May
  An excellent dessert pear but requiring warm conditions for best flavour.
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  2Passe Crassane
  Graft to order
  A good late dessert pear but requiring a warm location.
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  3Winter Nelis
  Pre-order from May
  A very good but quite small late dessert pear.

Cooking pear trees

Cooking pears fall into two categories. The first are eating varieties which are used for cooking. These are usually used for cooking before the soften. The second are old fashioned cooking pears which remain hard however long they are kept and never soften sufficiently to be eaten fresh.

Please find below 3 of the most popular and recommended varieties. We can offer a total of 25 varieties - click here.

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  1Black Worcester
  Pre-order from May
  An ancient and historic pear with very dark skin. One of the best traditional cooking pears.
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  2Catillac
  Pre-order from May
  One of the oldest and best of the cooking pears.
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  3Williams Bon Chretien
  Pre-order from May
  Probably the best known and most widely grown pear throughout the world.

Perry pear trees

Perry is made by fermenting pear juice. It is the pear equivalent of cider. Perry pears are usually quite small. The high levels of acids and tannins that they contain help make good perry but also makes them unpalateable fresh.

Please find below 4 of the most popular and recommended varieties. We can offer a total of 14 varieties - click here.

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  1Brandy
  Pre-order from May
  A traditional perry pear with small red flushed fruit.
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  2Hellen's Early
  Pre-order from May
  One of the best earlier season ripening perry pears.
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  3Moorcroft
  Pre-order from May
  An old perry pear which has become highly prized with the revival of interest in artisan perry making.
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  4Thorn
  Pre-order from May
  One of the most important pears used for making perry.

Asian pear trees

Asian pears are a from a closely related species to European pears Pyrus pyrifolia. They are round like an apple rather than pear shaped. Their flesh is crisp but very juicy.

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  1Kumoi Asian Pear
  Graft to order
  An Asian pear producing attractive golden russet fruit with excellent flavour and keeping qualities.
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  2Shinseki Asian Pear
  Pre-order from May
  One of the asian pears most suitable for growing in the UK.
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  3Shinsui Asian Pear
  Pre-order from May
  The sweetest asian pear for UK growing conditions.
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  4Twentieth Century Asian Pear
  Pre-order from May
  One of the most popular asian pears grown in Japan.