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Pear trees

Pears are easy to grow and make a good complement to apples in the garden orchard. We can help you choose from our extensive range of pear trees.

  • Beth

    Beth pear trees
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Beurre Hardy

    Beurre Hardy pear trees
    A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Beurre Superfin

    Beurre Superfin pear trees
    A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Black Worcester

    Black Worcester pear trees
    The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Catillac

    Catillac pear trees
    A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Celebration NUVAR®

    Celebration NUVAR pear trees
    Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Concorde

    Concorde pear trees
    A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Conference

    Conference pear trees
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Doyenne du Comice

    Doyenne du Comice pear trees
    Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Fondante d'Automne

    Fondante d'Automne pear trees
    An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Gin

    Gin pear trees
    A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.

  • Glou Morceau

    Glou Morceau pear trees
    A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Gorham

    Gorham pear trees
    A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Humbug

    Humbug pear trees
    Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Invincible

    Invincible pear trees
    Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Josephine de Malines

    Josephine de Malines pear trees
    A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Judge Amphlet

    Judge Amphlet pear trees
    A popular English perry pear variety producing a light, low-tannin juice.

  • Louise Bonne of Jersey

    Louise Bonne of Jersey pear trees
    An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Merton Pride

    Merton Pride pear trees
    One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Moonglow

    Moonglow pear trees
    A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Obelisk®

    Obelisk pear trees
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Onward

    Onward pear trees
    Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Packham's Triumph

    Packham's Triumph pear trees
    Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Pitmaston Duchess

    Pitmaston Duchess pear trees
    Pitmaston Duchess is a traditional English dual-purpose, noted for the very large size of its pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Santa Claus

    Santa Claus pear trees
    As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Sensation

    Sensation pear trees
    A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Thorn

    Thorn pear trees
    An ancient pear variety from Gloucestershire, now used mainly for perry production.

  • Williams

    Williams pear trees
    Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

How to choose Pear trees

Pears are perhaps a bit more demanding to grow than apples, but also maybe a bit less prone to fungal infections and diseases.

Like apples, most pears are not self-fertile, so either choose a self-fertile one (like Conference) or make sure there are other pear trees nearby to help with pollination.