Marie Louise

A mid season dessert pear highly prized in Victorian England.

Origin: Belgium, 1809

Pollination: Marie Louise is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.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 ...

Marie Louise 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 Marie Louise

Raised by Abbe Duquesne at Mons, Belgium 1809. Named after Napoleon's second wife.

Medium sized, long oval fruit. Smooth greenish yellow skin with some patches of brown russet. White, very juicy, slightly granular flesh. Moderate flavour.

Weak growing tree with a spreading habit. Slow to come into bearing and not very reliable cropper.

Characteristics of Marie Louise pear trees

Use	Dessert
Colour
Flavour
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Oct
Season of use	Oct-Nov
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Erratic
Pollination date	22
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Beurre Bedford Laxton's Early Market