Winnals Longdon perry pear trees

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3

Winnal's Longdon is a traditional English perry pear, used for making perry (pear cider). It is a heavy-cropping perry pear which produces a low tannin perry.  The pears are small and greenish-yellow.

Winnals Longdon organic perry pear trees for sale

Next deliveries: January - February 2025

• 11 yeartree on PyroDwarf rootstock25.95€
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Growing and Training

Winnal's Longdon is easy to grow, and can be pollinated by many other European pear varieties, including Beth, Conference, Comice, and Louise Bonne.

The main issue is a tendency to biennial bearing - you can prevent this by making sure you thin the fruitlets in late May, especially if there has been a heavy fruit set.

History

Winnal's Longdon was raised by Mr Winnal of Woodfield in the county of Herefordshire in the west of England in the 1790s.

Winnals Longdon characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Disease resistanceAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• Season of use2-3 weeks
• Food usesJuiceHard cider
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1750 - 1799
• Fruit colourGreen / Yellow

Similar varieties

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  Hendre Huffcap
  A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. It makes a light, low-tannin perry.
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  Legipont
  Legipont or Fondante de Charneu is a traditional Belgian dessert pear, ripening in mid-September.
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  Poire de Livre
  Poire de Livre is an ancient culinary pear from the north of France.
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  Saint Mathieu
  Saint Mathieu is a traditional Franco-Belgian cooking pear.

More about perry pear trees

Perry is a traditional drink made from fermented pear juice, and in recent years has enjoyed a resurgence in interest, along with its cousin cider. Perry is now sometimes called pear cider and although this is incorrect, the term seems to have made it more accessible to consumers.

As with cider apples, perry pears are used specifically for the qualities of their juice and are not usually eaten fresh.

Perry pears are closely related to mainstream pears, and will cross-polinate with them, and both are classified in the species Pyrus communis. However it is likely that perry pears are a distinct sub-species.

If grown on seedling rootstocks perry pears can be very long-lived, as well as growing to a considerable height and spread.

Perry production has a very long history in England and France, although with different methods of production.