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3 varieties
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Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Dessert pear trees
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Categories
Apples
8
Cooking apples
2
Eating apples
6
Red-flesh apples
2
Cider apples
1
Crab-apple trees
1
Apricots
2
Cherries
3
Medlars
2
Mulberries
7
Pears
3
Dessert pears
3
Peaches
3
Persimmons
6
Plums
8
Damsons
3
Gages
2
Quinces
4
Figs
2
Inter-specific fruit trees
2
Kiwi
1
Saskatoons
5
Stock availability
All
3
Available to pre-order
2
Not in stock
1
Graft to order
0
Form
1 year
2
Bush (2-years)
Half-standard (2 years)
Standard (2 years)
2 year
2-year cutting
Rootstocks
BA29
1
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PyroDwarf
1
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Kirchensaller
2
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Growing
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
1
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
1
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
1
Autumn foliage colour
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Gardening skill
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Beginner
1
Average
2
Experienced
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
21
Flowering group
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1
2
3
2
4
1
5
6
Flowering season
Early
Mid-season
Late
Disease resistance
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Good
Average
2
Poor
Using
Picking season
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Very early
Early
1
Mid
1
Late
Very late
Season of use
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Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
1
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
3
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Astringency
Astringent
Non-astringent
Climate
Cold hardiness (USDA)
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Zone 3 (-40C)
Zone 4 (-34C)
Zone 5 (-29C)
Zone 6 (-23C)
Zone 7 (-18C)
Zone 8 (-12C)
Zone 9 (-7C)
Zone 10 (-1C)
Summer average maximum temperatures
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Cold (< 20C / 67F)
1
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
1
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
2
Hot (>30C / 86F)
Chill requirement
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Low-chill
High-chill
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Italy
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
1
2000
Flower colour
White
1
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Yellow
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
Green - light
2
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
Orange flush
1
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
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Varieties list
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
Precoce Henin
Precoce Henin is an early-season eating pear with a rich sweet melting flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Shipova
Shipova is a rare pear / whitebeam hybrid, producing small pear-like edible fruits.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile