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Fertility Pear
Pyrus communisA very heavy cropping but moderate quality pear.
Origin: Hertfordshire UK 1875
Pollination: Fertility is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Show suitable pollination partners
A guide to choosing Pear Trees
Origin: Hertfordshire UK 1875
Pollination: Fertility is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Show suitable pollination partners
A guide to choosing Pear Trees
Fertility Pear Trees for sale - order online
We have now stopped taking orders for the winter 2018/19 planting season. Our 2019/20 list is currently being prepared. It will be available from 1st May when we will start taking orders for delivery next autumn/winter.
History and description of Fertility
Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK from an open pollinated Beurre Goubault
c 1875. Was grown commercially in the past.
Small, conical to pyriform shaped fruit. Rough, pale green skin ripening to pale yellow. Variable amount of russetting. Greenish white flesh with little flavour. Prone to rot in storage.
Moderate upright tree. Very heavy, reliable cropper. Needs thinning to produce reasonable sized fruit.
Small, conical to pyriform shaped fruit. Rough, pale green skin ripening to pale yellow. Variable amount of russetting. Greenish white flesh with little flavour. Prone to rot in storage.
Moderate upright tree. Very heavy, reliable cropper. Needs thinning to produce reasonable sized fruit.
Main characteristics of Fertility
| Use | Dessert |
Fruit size  |
Small |
| Picking time |
Late Sept |
| Season of use |
Sept-Oct |
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| Tree vigour |
Moderate |
| Tree habit |
Upright |
| Fruit bearing |
Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
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| Pollination date |
19 |
| Pollination group |
D |
| Self fertility |
Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Show suitable pollination partners |
| Progeny |
Laxton's Foremost |
| Sports |
Improved Fertility |