Our Variety Assessment

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

Beurré Superfin fully deserves its name when growing conditions suit it. The flesh is exceptionally fine, melting and abundantly juicy, with a refreshing balance of sweetness, gentle acidity and pronounced aroma. The tree is vigorous and hardy, but the fruit needs sunshine and a sheltered position to develop its full quality. In a poor position, the cultivar becomes much less convincing.

Beurre Superfin

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.

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

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Pear rootstock options

Kirchensaller – approx. 6 m mature height

Pyrodwarf – approx. 4 m mature height

Quince BA29 – approx. 3 m mature height

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SKU: 1386 Categories: Dessert pear trees, Pear trees

Description

Beurre Superfin is a classic French pear, known for its melting sweet juicy flesh. The English pomologist Robert Hogg, writing in 1884. described Beurre Superfin as “one of the finest pears in cultivation“.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

French variety bred in Angers in the 1840s, an old dessert pear from Anjou.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Partially self-fertile

Pollinator value

Good pollinizer

Ploidy

Probably diploid

Origin and identity

Parentage

Exact parents unknown

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Medium vigour, upright to spreading habit

Quince compatibility

Good compatibility with quince rootstock.

Disease behaviour

Scab

Moderately susceptible on fruits, possible on wood

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Harvest calendar

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At the same time

September 15-30

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Additional variety information for Beurre Superfin is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.