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Hartpury Green
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £23.75A very old variety first mentioned in 1662. It produces round or oblate fruits that are harvested in the second half of October.
Harvest – mid October
Pollination group – A -
Hendre Huffcap
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £23.75A variety with desirable qualities producing a pleasant light perry of good quality. Pears different in shape to many other Perry’s being elliptical.
Harvest – early October
Pollination group – A -
Jefferson’s Gage
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £13.00Gages are yellow green skinned with red russet dots with a long faint suture from top to bottom. The flesh is golden yellow, sweet and of good flavour.
Picking time – late August
Pollination group – B -
Judge Amphlett
Pyrus communis maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £23.75Pears yellow or greenish yellow sometimes with a reddish flush on sun exposed side. Produces a very pleasant medium acid, low tannin, light perry.
Harvest – late Sept / early Oct.
Pollination group – A -
Mirabelle de Nancy
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £13.00Related to the Damson, arising in the middle east arriving in France in the middle ages. Small round yellow fruits up to 3cm diameter ripen early August. Its yellow flesh is sweet and richly flavoured. Partially self fertile. Not often cultivated in the UK, flowering early it benefits from shelter and a warm spring.
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Mirabelle Golden Sphere
St Julien A maiden (moderate): Out of stock £25.50A relatively new variety bred producing good sized yellow spherical fruits with golden flesh that is sweet with a plum like flavour. Good as a dessert fruit it can also be cooked. Though hardy like other Mirabelles it flowers early so benefits from a sheltered situation.
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