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Precoce Henin pear trees

Pyrus communis
Precoce Henin pears
  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Precoce Henin is an early-season eating pear with a rich sweet melting flesh.

The pears ripen in mid-August and should be eaten immediately.

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Precoce Henin organic pear trees for sale


  • 1 yeartree on Kirchensaller rootstock24.25€
    Very large tree (5m-6m+ after 10 years) Bare-root
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Growing and Training

Precoce Henin is easy to grow and generally disease-resistant. It is not usually necessary to thin this variety, as it will readily drop excess fruitlets in late spring.


History

Precoce Henin was raised in the 1970s by Mr Henin of Liege, Belgium. Although it is therefore quite modern, its sweet flavours and melting flesh harken back to the classical era of Belgian pear development a century earlier.


Precoce Henin characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Disease resistanceAverage
  • Picking seasonEarly
  • Season of use1-3 days
  • Food usesEating fresh
  • Country of originBelgium
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colourGreen - lightOrange flush

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