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Sensation

Pyrus communis
Sensation pears
Sensation is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Sensation is a red-coloured sport (natural mutation) of the popular Williams pear variety.

The skin has a red flush and the leaves may also develop a red tint.

The flavour is very good, and growth characteristics are similar to Williams.

Sensation pear trees for sale

  • RF11-year bare-root tree on Pyrodwarf rootstock£40.50
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a large pear tree, or half-standard pear tree.
    Available next season
  • RF21-year bare-root tree on Pyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock£28.25
    Mature height: 5m-7m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a 'standard' pear tree, no staking required, suitable for a traditional pear orchard.
    Available next season

Growing and Training

Like Williams, Sensation can be grown throughout the drier areas of the UK.


Recommended pollinators for Sensation pear trees

Sensation is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit. The following varieties are good pollinators for Sensation. If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us. More pollinators >

  • Pollinator Beth
    Beth
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
  • Pollinator Celebration NUVAR
    Celebration NUVAR
    Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
  • Pollinator Conference
    Conference
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
  • Pollinator Obelisk
    Obelisk
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
  • Pollinator Packham's Triumph
    Packham's Triumph
    Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.

History

Australia. 1940s.


Sensation characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
  • Self-fertile?Not self-fertile
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Pick seasonEarly
  • Picking periodmid-August
  • Keeping1 week
  • Food usesEating fresh
  • Country of originAustralia
  • Period of origin1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colourRed / Green

You might also like these varieties

  • See also Beth
    Beth
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
  • See also Concorde
    Concorde
    A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
  • See also Conference
    Conference
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
  • See also Williams
    Williams
    Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.

More about pear trees

The modern dessert pear with its refined flavours and melting flesh evolved in the 19th century, and with some exceptions almost all the pears we know today were developed at that time.

Unlike apples, which often helpfully come away in the hand when they are ripe, if you let pears ripen on the tree you will find they are overripe inside. Instead pears need to be harvested before they are ripe - then ripened in a fruit bowl. This just takes practice, and after a few seasons you will soon know the tell-tale little signs that your pears are ready for picking.


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