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.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Merton Pride pear trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	PyrusVery vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

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