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Beth
A very enjoyable early dessert pear. Pale green small to medium sized fruits which turn pale yellow. Creamy white flesh, sweet and juicy.
Picking time: late August
Storage until: September -
Beurre Hardy
Medium to large light green pears covered with large areas of warm brown russet. White, salmon tinged flesh very juicy with a good flavour.
Picking time: late September
Storage until: October -
Beurre Superfin
The round conical pears turn from green to yellow as they ripen with light brown russet. The flesh at its best is creamy yellow, melting and of excellent flavour.
Picking time: late September
Storage until: October -
Black Worcester
Oval pears turn to dark mahogany. A culinary variety that does not soften enough to eat as a dessert but stores really well. A pear with a long history!
Pick: late October
Storage until: March and later -
Catillac
A long established culinary pear of high quality. When ready for picking the skin turns to greenish yellow with a dull red flush.
Pollination group – D
Pick – mid October
Storage until – April -
Concorde
Compact and heavy fruiting. Medium sized yellow pears with golden russetting. Sweet, juicy, melting pale yellow flesh. A good garden variety.
Pollination group – C
Pick – late September
Storage until – November -
Conference
The most well known pear. Reliable and heavy cropping. Medium sized pears with pale yellow flesh, melting, juicy, sweet and of good flavour.
Pollination group – C
Pick – late September
Storage until – November -
Doyenne du Comice
A fine pear of excellent flavour – the flesh at best is juicy, sweet & melting. Medium to large fruits nearly as wide as tall. Yellow, some with a pink flush.
Pollination group – D
Pick – early October
Storage until – November -
Glou Morceau
Pears are pyriform in shape, the green skin colours to golden when ripe. Its flesh becomes buttery, melting sweet yet with some sharpness.
Pollination group – D
Pick – mid Otober
Storage until – January -
Krymsk
Quinces are of a rounded shape and ripen to a golden colour. Shows good resistance to quince leaf blight. Pick during October. Self fertile.
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Lescovaka
Produces large apple shaped quinces. An introduction from south east Europe apparently being also known as ‘Serbian Gold’.
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Louise Bonne of Jersey
An 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
Produces 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 -
Onward
A 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
An 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
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 -
Winter Nelis
A late cropping pear producing juicy sweet fruits. Round conical, the small to medium sized pears have a rough skin that turns yellowish green but is heavily russetted.
Pollination group – D
Fruiting – late October
Storage until – January -
Vranja
Introduced into the UK from south eastern Europe and has become the most well known Quince variety. Large attractive pear shaped fruits that ripen yellow.