Our Variety Assessment

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

Hendre Huffcap is a respected English cultivar for producing light, refreshing and low-tannin perry. The tree crops reliably and is generally straightforward to grow. Its main weakness is precisely this abundance: overloaded branches may break and ripe fruit falls readily. Thinning in early summer therefore protects the tree and helps maintain more regular cropping.

Hendre Huffcap

Price range: 28,00 € through 59,75 €

A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. It makes a light, low-tannin perry.

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Pear rootstock options

Kirchensaller – approx. 6 m mature height

Pyrodwarf – approx. 4 m mature height

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

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SKU: 13378 Categories: Pear trees, Perry pear trees

Description

Hendre Huffcap is a well-known traditional English perry pear variety, used in the production of pear cider. It is a reliable cropper, and makes a light, low-tannin good quality perry.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old English perry pear variety from Gloucestershire, probably originating around the late 1840s.

Origin

United Kingdom

Period of origin

USDA zone

Zone 5 (-29C)

Flowering

3 - mid season

Harvest period

August 15-31

Eating / keeping period

Use

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Lumberskull, Yellow Huffcap, Hendrik’s Huffcap

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous, medium-sized spreading habit

Quince compatibility

Compatibility with quince rootstock is poorly documented; use an interstem or a Pyrus-type rootstock.

Disease behaviour

Scab

Low susceptibility to scab

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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