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Pollination of Williams pear trees

Williams (Pyrus communis)  is in flowering group 3. Williams is partially self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting is likely to be better if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Williams in our catalogue

• Beurre Superfinin stock

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  A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.

  • Flowering group:
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Celebration NUVARin stock

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  Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A

• Concordein stock

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  A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group:
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince Eline
  • Quince A
  • Pyrodwarf
  • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller

• Conferencein stock

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  Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.

  • Flowering group:
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince Eline
  • Quince A
  • Pyrodwarf
  • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller

• Fondante d'Automnein stock

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  An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A
  • Pyrodwarf

• Ginin stock

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

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Glou Morceauin stock

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  A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group:
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A

• Humbugin stock

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  Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Invinciblein stock

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  Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.

  • Flowering group:
  • Good pollinator
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf
  • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller

• Josephine de Malinesin stock

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  A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Moonglowin stock

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  A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.

  • Flowering group:
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Obeliskin stock

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  A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.

  • Flowering group:
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A
  • Pyrodwarf

• Onwardin stock

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  Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince Eline
  • Quince A

• Santa Clausin stock

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  As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf
  • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller

• Thornin stock

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

  • Flowering group:
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking:

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf