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Beurre Hardy pear trees

Pyrus communis
Beurre Hardy pears
Beurre Hardy has received the RHS Award of Garden MeritBeurre Hardy is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4

Beurre Hardy is a classic French eating pear, very typical of the new varieties of pears that were being developed by enthusiasts in France and Belgium in the first half of the 19th century - characterised by very juicy sweet flavours. Many of these varieties are named "beurre", which translates as "butter-like" in English, a reference to the glistening melting flesh of these pears.

Perhaps not the prettiest of pears, but this a variety you plant for its surpassing flavour.

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    Growing and Training

    Beurre Hardy is fairly easy to grow, but in cooler climates it needs to be grown in a sheltered location in full sun to achieve the best flavours. It needs to be pollinated by other compatible pear varieties, but is a poor pollinator.


    History

    Beurre Hardy was raised by Mr Bonnet, a fruit enthusiast from Boulogne in northern France, around 1820. It was subsequently named it named after Mr Hardy, a Director of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.


    Beurre Hardy characteristics

    • Gardening skillBeginner
    • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
    • Flowering group4
    • Disease resistanceAverage
    • Picking seasonLate
    • Season of use1 week
    • Food usesEating fresh
    • Summer average maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
    • Country of originFrance
    • Period of origin1800 - 1849
    • Flower colourWhite
    • Fruit colourRusset

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    • See also Conference
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    • See also Louise Bonne
      Louise Bonne
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