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Baby Face Pear

Baby Face Pear

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Baby Face is a mid-season cocktail pear with small fruits that have green, red-flushed skin and sweet white flesh. Cocktail pears a small and sweet and ideal for eating fresh and for cheese platters.  Pollination Group: Conference,...
Baptiste Valette Pear

Baptiste Valette Pear

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An old French variety from around 1895 with white, buttery flesh, early to mid-season. Hedrick U.P. (1921). Twenty-ninth Annual Report, Vol. 2, Part II, The Pears of New York, Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 1921...
Belle Lucrative Pear

Belle Lucrative Pear

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Another wonderfully historic pear variety about which much more is written in our reference than there is space for here. Belle Lucrative is of Flemish origin. In 1831 it was growing in the London Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick,...
Beurre Bosc Pear

Beurre Bosc Pear

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A seedling pear found by Dr Van Mons, growing in the garden of M. Swates at Linkebeeke, France. It was named after M. Bosc, the Director of the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris. Fruits have yellowish, tender, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour. A...
Beurre Diel Pear

Beurre Diel Pear

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A chance seedling found in 1805, by M. Meuris the head gardener for Dr. Van Mons at the Chateau of Perck near Vilvoorde. Van Mons named it in honour of his friend Dr. Augustus Frederick Adrien Diel, a distinguished German pomologist. Lemon-yellow, rough,...
Beurre Easter Pear

Beurre Easter Pear

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Seems to have originated in the gardens of the Capucin Monastery at Louvain, Belgium, where there was recorded, about 1823, an old pear tree known to the monks as the Pastorale de Louvain. As the variety attracted attention it became widely...
Beurre Hardy Pear

Beurre Hardy Pear

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A French pear raised in about 1820 by M. Bonnet, Boulonge-sur-Mer, France. Acquired by M. Jean-Laurent Jamin, a nurseryman near Paris, who named it in honour of M. Hardy Director and Professor of Arboriculture at the Garden of Luxembourg. It was...
Beurre Superfin Pear

Beurre Superfin Pear

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Raised in 1837 by M. Goubalt, Angers, France. First fruited in 1844. Introduced to america about 1850. Fruits have yellowish white, very melting, sweet flesh with a delicious perfumed flavour. Pollination Group: Buerre Bosc, Williams, Comice, Winter...
Clapp's Favourite Pear

Clapp's Favourite Pear

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Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusset, USA. Fruits have white, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 Pollination: cross pollination with another European pear...
Conference Pear

Conference Pear

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Common commercial variety in UK, has good disease resistance and is partially self-fertile. Raised by pomologist Thomas Francis Rivers at Rivers Nursery Sawbridgeworth. Exhibited at the National British Pear Conference after which it was named. Awarded a...
Conseilier De La Cour European Pear

Conseilier De La Cour European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Conseiller De La Cour' is possibly the oldest fruit tree in Ireland. The Digital Hub campus is home to, what is claimed to be, Ireland’s oldest fruit bearing tree. a pear tree it is estimated to be aged in the range of 150 to 200...
Corella Pear (Forelle)

Corella Pear (Forelle)

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Also called Forelle. Forelle is the German word for trout and the colouration, and with imagination the shape, of a ripe Corella pear is reminiscent of a trout at spawning. Small to medium in size. Corella pears are great eaten fresh or in a salad...
De La Ville Aine Pear

De La Ville Aine Pear

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We cannot find a description of this pear. We obtained the variety from the Grove collection. It is healthy and robust in our orchard and we are looking forward to trying some fruit in the next year or two. In the meantime we are happy to offer it at a...
Del La Chine European Pear

Del La Chine European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'De La Chine' is in our collection originally sourced from the Grove Research Station in the Huon Valley which sadly closed its doors over 10 years ago. There are references to this variety growing in the Burnley Horticultural College...
Doyenne Du Comice Pear

Doyenne Du Comice Pear

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One of the finest flavoured pears, from trial beds in the Comice Horticole, Angers, Department of Maine-et-Loire, France in mid-19th century. First fruited in 1849. Introduced to England in 1858 by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. Skin smooth with russet...
Doyenne Martin Clavier European Pear

Doyenne Martin Clavier European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Doyenne Martin Clavier' bears fruit with white, firm, vinous flesh and excellent flavour, green skin with russeting. Fruit is quite large. Late season harvest. image
Duchess D’Anglouleme European Pear (semi-dwarf)

Duchess D’Anglouleme European Pear (semi-dwarf)

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Pyrus communis 'Duchesse d'Angouleme' is a traditional French pear, dating back to the early 1800s. Large fruit, thin skin ripens to a warm yellow, hints of russet and a white flesh. Rich, sweet flavour. Dark green foliage and pretty white...
Durondeau Pear

Durondeau Pear

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  A highly regarded pear with tender, melting flesh in a red fruit. Originated in Belgium in the early 19th century. Late season, partially self-fertile. Pollination: cross-pollinate with another European Pear, partly self-fertile Size: Up to 5...
Faccia Rosa Pear

Faccia Rosa Pear

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Originating in Sicily, the name means Red Face. Cocktail size yellowy green fruit with red cheek. Soft, sweet and juicy. Pollination Group: Lemon Bergamot, Corella are ideal or any other European pear tree Size: Up to 5 metres when mature...
Flemish Beauty Pear

Flemish Beauty Pear

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Early 19th century variety that was once a leading commercial variety in eastern regions of America. The parent tree is thought to have been a wilding found in a wooded area near Alost, East Flanders, Belgium about 1800. It has many synonyms, but the...
Glou Morceau European Pear

Glou Morceau European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Glou Morceau' is a very old Belgian variety raised at Mons from seed around 1750. The name translates as dainty or delicious morsel with good reason. Fruit has russetted, tender pale greenish-yellow skin (3), flesh tinged...
Grosse Louise European Pear

Grosse Louise European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Grosse-Louise' arose as a chance seedling in a garden in Tourcoing, France in 1869. It bears large (big Louise!!), yellow-green, russeted fruit. Flesh is white, very juicy, free from grit, sweet and delicately perfumed (3). 
Jargonelle European Pear

Jargonelle European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Jargonelle' is a patriarch among pears, dating from about 1620's. It is an early ripener harvesting in late summer. Brownish skin with a red flush on the sunny face, flesh melting with a sweet musky flavour. Like most early...
Josephine de Malines Pear

Josephine de Malines Pear

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Highly recommended for the home garden. Originated around 1830 at Mechlin (Malines), Belgium and named in honour of the wife of the breeder, pomologist Major Espére. Good polleniser for other pears, pale green-shaded yellow, lightly russet skin...
New Norfolk European Pear

New Norfolk European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'New Norfolk' is in our collection originally sourced from the Grove Research Station in the Huon Valley which sadly closed its doors over 10 years ago. Apart from finding the fruit good eating, we have no information about...
Packham's Triumph Pear

Packham's Triumph Pear

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An Australian variety by Charles Packham in 1896. Slow-ripening sweet, delicious, white and juicy flesh and turning a paler green when ripe. Can be eaten when firm or soft when fully ripe. Most widely grown pear in Australia. Pollination...
Paradise Pear

Paradise Pear

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European pear 'Paradise' is a delightful small early ripening pear that has fruit in clusters. Paradise pears are also called 'Faccia Bella', crystal pears or sugar pears. They have green skin with a red blush, and sweet white flesh. They are great to...
Red Sensation Pear

Red Sensation Pear

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Originated in Victoria in the 1930s and released in the late 1950s. A red-coloured sport of Williams. Similar characteristics to Williams. Also called Sensation and Red Sensation. Has bright-red skin and is deliciously sweet. Pollination...
San Giovanni European Pear

San Giovanni European Pear

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Pyrus communis 'San Giovanni' is a very old variety from Italy mentioned as early as 1660. It is an early pear ripening late Jan-early Feb. Tree is of medium vigour. Fruit is small, pale green with white, juicy flesh that has a very pleasant...
Senateur Vaisse Pear

Senateur Vaisse Pear

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European Pear Senateur Vaisse dates back to 1861 when it was grown from a seed by French nurseryman, M. Lagrange, in Lyons. The vigorous tree has a pyramid shape and is productive. The rather large fruit is a lighter yellow with a reddish tint where the...
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Shepherds Flat Pound Pear

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Pyrus communis 'Shepherds Flat Pound Pear' is the name we are giving to this cultivar, at least for now, read on for why this is the case. The long established name, P. communis 'Pound' as described in The Pears of New York (3), is a very...
St Michael Archangel Pear

St Michael Archangel Pear

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It is believed that this variety arose near Nantes, western France in the middle of the 19th century. Medium to large yellow-green fruit with tawny gray patches, variegated orange-red sunburn. White flesh, fine, melting, juicy, sweet and fragrant. Highly...
Williams Pear

Williams Pear

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The Williams bon Chrétien pear, commonly called the Williams pear in Australia or the Bartlett pear in the United States and Canada, is the most commonly grown variety of pear in most countries outside Asia. Thought to date from 1765 to 1770 from...
Williams Red Pear

Williams Red Pear

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A red-coloured sport of Williams. Similar characteristics to Williams. Also called Sensation and Red Sensation Harvest: early-mid February   Image (accessed 31/3/16)
Winter Cole Pear

Winter Cole Pear

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Seedling of Winter Nelis raised by J.C. Cole, Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Introduced by J Brunning and Sons, late 1880s. A prolific bearer, cool climate medium sized pear with brown/green skin. Juicy and rich flavour. Late season. Originated...
Winter Nelis Pear (Bonne De Malines)

Winter Nelis Pear (Bonne De Malines)

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Winter Nelis, also called Bonne de Malines, was raised from seed by Jean Charles Nélis at Mechlin (Malines), Belgium in the 1820s. Small to medium fruit with russeted, dull, yellow skin with a tinge of green, red blush on exposed cheek...