heirloom pear
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Marie Louise D’Uccle pear
Marie Louise D'Uccle pear is a fine fleshed pear, buttery, melting, very juicy and richly flavoured, a very heavy cropper, medium sized fruits, green skinned with small amount of a pale cinnamon russetting
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Red Sensation pear
Out of stock
Red Sensation pear is like a striking red coloured form of the classic Williams pear, great fresh eating and hardy plant Ripens: April Pollinates with: Williams, Nijiseiki Nashi, Winter Nelis, Winter Cole, Beurre Bosc
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Buttira Precoce Morettini pear
The Buttira Precoce Morettini pear is from Italian origins, one of the largest pears we grow - pick one pear and make a meal for four people! Yellow fruits with very good flavour, slight russeting, firm, juicy, and an early cropper
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Williams pear
The Williams pear has become the standard pear variety grown pretty much worldwide. It is a high quality pear with smooth flesh and lovely aroma. Soft skinned and easily bruised, it ripens early to mid season, very good for bottling – keeps its shape and flavour when cooked, seems to do well in many different climates, stands the cold better than most others. The Williams pear is self fertile - will set a crop when planted on its own. Ripens: February/March Pollinates with: Self fertile, Beurre Bosc, Winter Nelis, Winter Cole,Douyenne Du Comice,
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Dwarf L’Inconnue pear
Dwarf pear grafted to dwarfing rootstock, very old French heirloom, L'Inconnue pear has medium to large yellow fruits with heavy brown russeting, firm, juicy, rich and sugary, one of our favourites, an excellent, heavy cropping, mid - late harvesting winter pear, I dont know of any other nursery having ever grown this pear Ripens: April/May Pollinates with: Williams
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L’Inconnue pear
Out of stock
Very old French heirloom, L'Inconnue pear has medium to large yellow fruits with heavy brown russeting, firm, juicy, rich and sugary, one of our favourites, an excellent, heavy cropping, mid - late harvesting winter pear, I dont know of any other nursery having ever grown this pear Ripens: April/May Pollinates with: Williams
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Douyenne Du Comice pear
The Douyenne Du Comice pear has lemon yellow skin with greenish tinge covered with speckles and patches of brown russet, flesh yellow white, very tender, buttery, melting, with an almost cinnamon flavour coming through. Douyenne Du Comice pear has been judged by many to be one of the best for taste and texture, tree tends to be very healthy, appreciates a warm protected position, a good bearer, and has beautiful shape and form Ripens: April Pollinates with: Williams, Beurre Bosc, Winter Nelis, Winter Cole
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Josephine pear
The Josephine pear is an early winter pear with excellent fruit quality, rounded fruits, smooth skin, greenish yellow, with a faint blush. Yellowish white flesh is firm but tender, outstanding aroma, juicy, sweet, and rich in flavour. An old French Pear Ripens: April/May Pollinates with: Lemon Bergamot, Packham's Triumph, Beurre Hardy