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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
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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 |
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