Share

Pollination of Humbug pear trees

Humbug (Pyrus communis)  is in flowering group 3. Humbug is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Humbug in our catalogue

• Bethin stock

  Find pollinators >

  An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince Eline
  • Quince A

• Beurre Superfinin stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A

• Concordein stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A
  • Pyrodwarf

• Ginin stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  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

• Gorhamin stock

  Find pollinators >

  A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Invinciblein stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

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

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Louise Bonne of Jerseyin stock

  Find pollinators >

  An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Quince A

• Moonglowin stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  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

  Find pollinators >

  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

• Packham's Triumphin stock

  Find pollinators >

  Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Santa Clausin stock

  Find pollinators >

  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

• Sensationin stock

  Find pollinators >

  A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf
  • Pyrus c. Kirchensaller

• Thornin stock

  Find pollinators >

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

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

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Pyrodwarf

• Williamsin stock

  Find pollinators >

  Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.

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

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