| Dimensions | Regular carton size |
|---|---|
| Rootstock | Quince A maiden (moderate), Quince A two year (moderate) |
| Pollination Group | D |
| Type of Pear | Dessert, Triploid |
We supply rootstocks once they have been harvested and sorted, between February and March. We will email you an Order Confirmation when we take payment, before being getting in touch to arrange delivery or collection.
Pitmaston Duchess
Produces 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
£22.75
Pitmaston Duchess produces large long conical pears with yellowish white flesh which is melting, juicy and of nice rich flavour. When ripe the yellowish skin is largely covered with a fine cinnamon coloured russet. The tree is a strong grower, being triploid, ideally grown as a bush tree.
Pitmaston Duchess was raised by John Williams, 1773-1853, and originally called Pitmaston Duchesse d’Angouleme being a cross of Duchesse d’Angouleme and Glou Morceau but renamed because it stood on merit as a distinct variety without reflecting any of its parentage.
A Worcester businessman, John Williams had a variety of other interests including horticulture. He raised a number of established fruit tree varieties we grow including Apples Pitmaston Russet & Pitmaston Pineapple. A blue plaque was unveiled in his memory on July 3, 2015 at Pitmaston House in the city where he lived probably from 1804 until the end of his life.
Pollination group – D Pick – late September Storage until – October
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