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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Dessert pear trees
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Categories
Apples
1
Eating apples
1
Red-flesh apples
1
Pears
1
Dessert pears
1
Peaches
1
Plums
2
Damsons
1
Stock availability
All
1
In stock
1
Not in stock
0
Graft to order
0
Rootstocks
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Growing
Sex
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Female
Gardening skill
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Beginner
1
Average
Experienced
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
1
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
3
Flowering group
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1
2
3
1
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
1
Average
Poor
Ploidy
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Diploid
1
Triploid
Fruit bearing
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Spur-bearer
1
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
1
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
1
Using
Picking period
early June
mid-June
late June
early July
mid-July
late July
early August
mid-August
late August
early September
mid-September
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late September
early October
mid-October
late October
early November
mid-November
late November
Picking season
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Very early
Early
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Mid
1
Late
Very late
Season of use
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1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
3 months or more
Cropping
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Heavy
1
Good
Light
Food uses
Eating fresh
1
Culinary
Traditional cooker
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Juice
Hard cider
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Edible fruits
Problems
Disease resistance
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Average
1
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Scab
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Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
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Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
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Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fire blight
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
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United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
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1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
February
March
April
June
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
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Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
Fruit size
Small
Average
Large
Very large
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Varieties list
Pear trees
Conference
Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to temperate climates in north-west Europe.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile