Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Bénita is a genuine European-Asian pear hybrid and one of the most successful in our opinion. Its yellow fruit combines the aroma of Général Leclerc with the crisp, juicy texture of Hosui. It ripens early, from the second half of August, and stores well. The tree flowers generously, so proper thinning significantly improves fruit size.

Benita

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Bénita nashi pear tree, with large, crisp, juicy and delicately aromatic fruit, ripening in late August.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Pear rootstock options

Calleryana - approx. 5m mature height

Farold 87 - approx 4.5m mature height

Kirchensaller – approx. 6 m mature height

Pyrodwarf – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 13624 Category: Asian pear trees

Description

Bénita nashi pear tree produces good-sized fruit of excellent eating quality. Its pear parentage gives it a quality that is generally superior to many other nashi varieties.

The flesh is juicy, crisp and delicately aromatic.

Bénita is not very prone to disease, although nashi trees are naturally more sensitive to fire blight than pear trees.

The fruit ripens in the second half of August. It keeps for a few weeks after harvest, or for a few months if stored in the refrigerator.

Flowering occurs in April, slightly before pear varieties that flower in mid-season, but the bloom periods overlap.

Bénita is a cross between the Général Leclerc pear and the Hosui nashi. It was bred in Switzerland in 1985 by Peter Hauenstein.

We produce this grafted nashi pear tree on several rootstocks, which influence the final size of the mature tree. It is available in several tree forms depending on availability.