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Beurre Hardy
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Many Pear varieties raised in France and Belgium are prefixed Beurre (meaning butter). Not all grow well in the UK but this variety does. Medium to large light green pears covered with large areas of warm brown russet. White, salmon tinged flesh very juicy with a good flavour.
Pollination group – C Pick – late September Storage until – October
Concorde
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A good garden variety raised at East Malling Research Station, Kent. Compact and heavy fruiting. Medium sized yellow pears with russetting. Sweet, juicy, melting pale yellow flesh. As with all pears best to pick the fruits while still green and allow to ripen indoors.
Pollination group – C Pick – late September Storage until – November
Conference
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The most well known pear. Reliable and heavy cropping. Medium sized pears with pale yellow flesh, melting, juicy, sweet and of good flavour. Normal pear shape – Pyriform, but can often be long and narrow with a bulbous base, known as callabasse.
Pollination group – C Pick – late September Storage until – November
Louise Bonne of Jersey
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A very attractive distinctive 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. Medium sized smooth skinned fruits. Heavy cropping and often need thinning. A very old variety dating back to 1780.
Pollination group – B Pick – late September Storage until – October
Onward
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An excellent quality pear – creamy white flesh, melting, juicy, with a rich sweet flavour and balancing acidity. Medium sized fruit ripening to yellow green with pink red flush. A reliable cropper. Introduced in 1947 from Wisley, Surrey.
Will not pollinate Doyenne du Comice and vice versa.
Pollination group – C Pick – mid September Storage until – October
