Merton Pride

An excellent and very juicy English dessert pear.

Origin: London UK, 1941

Pollination: Merton Pride is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

Merton Pride pear trees for sale

1-year maiden trees

These are the most versatile choice for home orchards, community fruit tree projects, and for training on in any form you require.

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	Quince ASemi-dwarfing	£24.50

2-year pre-trained trees

These trees have already had some formative training in the nursery.

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Espalier (2 Tier)	Quince ASemi-dwarfing	£69.50
Espalier (2 Tier)	PyrodwarfSemi-vigorous	£69.50

Orders placed now will be delivered in the winter planting season.

History and description of Merton Pride

Raised in 1941 by M B Crane at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, London, UK from a cross between Glou Morceau and Double Williams (a mutation of Williams Bon Chretien). It was first named Merton Favourite in 1953 and then renamed Merton Pride in 1957.

Large, conical to pyriform fruit. Rough, green skin ripening to yellow. Variable amounts of brown russet. Creamy white, soft, smooth, very juicy flesh. Excellent flavour.

A fairly vigorous, upright tree. Moderate cropper with some biennial tendency. Triploid and therefore ineffective as a pollinator.

Characteristics of Merton Pride pear trees

Use	Dessert
Colour
Flavour
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Sep
Season of use	Sep
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	19
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Glou Morceau Williams Bon Chretien