Pears & Perry Pears
Pears & Perry Pears
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Louise Bonne of Jersey
Quince C maiden (semi dwarfing): In stockQuince A maiden (moderate): In stock £24.50An attractive pear flushed deep red over much of the fruit. A reliably cropping pear of high quality with a citrus like taste to its juicy and melting flesh.
Pollination group – B
Pick – late September
Storage until – October -
Merton Pride
Quince A maiden (moderate): In stock £24.50Produces large pears of excellent taste. Green skin that turns yellow with russeting. Flesh creamy white, juicy & sweet.
Pollination group – C
Pick – mid September
Storage until – October -
Moorcroft
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): In stock £24.50A deservedly widely grown Perry pear because of the high quality of its perry. Yellow green pears with russet at either ends or just around the eye.
Harvest – late September
Pollination group – B -
Oldfield
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): In stock £24.50The round fruits of Oldfield become green to yellow with russet at both ends. Produces a good quality medium tannin Perry. Grows into a small to medium sized tree for a Perry Pear.
Harvest – late October Pollination group – C
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Onward
Quince A maiden (moderate): In stockQuince C maiden (semi dwarfing): In stock £24.50A quality pear – creamy white flesh, melting, juicy, with a rich sweet flavour. Medium sized fruit ripening to yellow green with pink red flush.
Pollination group – D
Pick – mid September
Storage until – October -
Pierre Corneille
Quince A maiden (moderate): In stock £24.50An excellent tasting handsome pear. The pears ripen to have a fine cinnamon russet over warm golden brown skin. The creamy white flesh is very juicy, melting, rich in flavour.
Pollination group – C
Pick – late September
Storage until – December -
Pitmaston Duchess
Quince A maiden (moderate): In stock £24.50Produces large long conical pears with yellowish white flesh which is melting, juicy and of nice rich flavour. Yellowish skin is largely covered with a fine russet.
Pollination group – D
Pick – late September
Storage until – October -
Thorn
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): In stock £24.50A small tree in maturity with an upright habit. Crops well, producing pears of a good size and producing a very good quality perry.
Harvest – late September
Pollination group – B -
Thurston’s Red
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): In stock £24.50Also known as Dymock Red. The pears are pyriform or turbinate in shape becoming yellowish skinned with a red flush.
Harvest – mid October
Pollination group – B
