Pear Trees
Fruit Plants, Fruit Trees, Fruit Bushes & Nut Trees
If you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for many years. It's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for one that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come.
Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Don't forget to stake the tree for the first few years and protect against rabbits.
For advice on growing pear trees see our Grow Your Own Pears guide.
Fruit Me Tree - Ice Peach
Ice Peach is a premium peach with a crisp and juicy texture and a fresh, sweet taste. Its flesh has an amazing ivory-white colour, like vanilla ice-cream! Ripens in early to mid July. Flowers July-August. Height 1.5-2m depending on container size; spread 71-80cm. Supplied in a 2 litre pot, at a height of approximately 70cm.
Fruit me® FOR SMALL SPACES - A unique patio fruit tree concept! Unlike other patio fruit trees, where growing in a container has a negative effect on fruiting (especially as the tree gets older), these remain compact, manageable and continue to produce an abundance of good-sized fruit for years!
Pear Tree - Beurre Hardy
Large sweet and juicy with delicious melting flesh, a reliable heavy cropper. Vigorous variety, able to succeed in heavy clay soils.
Pear Bon Chretien
A superb old pear variety Usually just called Williams pear, this is a beautiful old variety - large, sweet smooth and very juicy. It turns yellow when ripe, and while a superb eating pear, it's also great for stewing. It is a reliable heavy-cropping and hardy tree and more spreading than most pears. Supplied in a 9 litre pot bag.
Pear Conference
The country's favourite pear! Heavy crops of firm sweet and juicy pears with creamy-white flesh. Raised in 1885 in Hertfordshire and exhibited in that year at the British Pear Conference (hence the name) it is reliable even in poor conditions (and shows more resistance to frost than some other varieties) so is ideal for most UK gardens. Self fertile.
Pear Tree - Louise Bonne D'Avranches
The medium sized fruits are pale green-yellow with a deep red flush. The flesh is tinged pink, totally smooth, juicy and very sweet.
Pear Red Williams
An excellent, easy to grow early pear for picking from late August, to eat during September. It produces delicious fruit with an attractive and uniform red sheen when they're ripe.
Pear : Concorde
A manageable, compact, tree ideal for container growing. A heavy crop, even on a young tree, is produced of pale green large pears with firm flesh and excellent flavour.
Pear : Conference
The best known of all pears, excellent eaten as a dessert pear but also exceptional when cooked, as the long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour.
Pear : Williams' Bon Chretien
An early fruiting variety producing large yellow non-gritty fruits with an excellent sweet and juicy flavour. These strong growing trees are partially self-fertile but make the ideal planting partner for Conference or Concorde to aid pollination and increase the yield.
Pear Tree - Conference
The easiest pear to grow and delicious to eat - the flavour is excellent. The hardiest and most reliable variety throughout Britain. Self-fertile. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Pear Tree - Duo Beurre Hardy/Williams Bon Chretien
Duo tree has been grafted with two delicious pear varieties:
Beurre Hardy - A classic French dessert pear from the early 1800s, whose medium-to-large fruits boast soft, buttery flesh with an excellent flavour. Pick when still firm and ripen indoors for best quality fruit. Ready to harvest from early autumn. Maximum height 2.5-3m (8'-10').
Williams Bon Chretien - Usually just called Williams pear. Large, sweet smooth and very juicy! It turns yellow when ripe, and while a superb eating pear, it's also great for stewing. Reliably heavy-cropping. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Pear : Family Pear Tree
The ideal trees for small gardens. Three varieties have been grafted onto one tree and will crop at different times, so extending the picking season. Will grow in a container holding at least 30 litres of compost.
If you only have room for one tree, then this is the tree for you!
Varieties: Williams, Conference & Comice.
Fruit Me Tree - Ice Peach
Ice Peach is a premium peach with a crisp and juicy texture and a fresh, sweet taste. Its flesh has an amazing ivory-white colour, like vanilla ice-cream! Ripens in early to mid July. Flowers July-August. Height 1.5-2m depending on container size; spread 71-80cm. Supplied in a 2 litre pot, at a height of approximately 70cm.
Fruit me® FOR SMALL SPACES - A unique patio fruit tree concept! Unlike other patio fruit trees, where growing in a container has a negative effect on fruiting (especially as the tree gets older), these remain compact, manageable and continue to produce an abundance of good-sized fruit for years!
Louise Bonne D'Avranches
The medium sized fruits are pale green-yellow with a deep red flush. The flesh is tinged pink, totally smooth, juicy and very sweet.
Invincible
A superb midseason pear that is ready to pick around the first week in October. Invincible is known as a 'butter pear' as its velvety flesh lacks the grittiness found in some other varieties. For best results the fruits should be picked whilst still firm and will then store for months. 1 bare root tree.
Asian Pear - Nashi Nijisseiki
Unifying the best qualities of apples and pears, this sensational mid-season Asian pear will produce a dazzling display of spring blossom followed by an abundant crop of uniformly-sized, roundish pears with flesh that is firm and very juicy. Grown on Pyrus rootstock. 1 bare root tree.
Concorde
A superb pear for the garden. The flavoursome fruit is ready to pick in September and stores well for up to 8 weeks. Forms a very manageable, nicely compact tree. 1 bare root tree.
Beurre Hardy
Large sweet and juicy with delicious melting flesh, a reliable heavy cropper. Vigorous variety, able to succeed in heavy clay soils.
Pear Tree - Duo Beurre Hardy/Williams Bon Chretien
Duo tree has been grafted with two delicious pear varieties:
Beurre Hardy - A classic French dessert pear from the early 1800s, whose medium-to-large fruits boast soft, buttery flesh with an excellent flavour. Pick when still firm and ripen indoors for best quality fruit. Ready to harvest from early autumn. Maximum height 2.5-3m (8'-10').
Williams Bon Chretien - Usually just called Williams pear. Large, sweet smooth and very juicy! It turns yellow when ripe, and while a superb eating pear, it's also great for stewing. Reliably heavy-cropping. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Petite Poire
A unique small-fruited and very tasty pear, whose crops are produced in profusion on the branches of the slow growing trees. The little bright yellow fruits are deliciously sweet and can be eaten raw or, better still, poached in wine and sugar. Ready to harvest in September. Supplied as a bare root tree.
Red William
Pear 'Red William' is a wonderful red version of one of the most popular pear varieties in the world. This red 'clone' is just as sweet as the original William's pear but with the added attraction of red skin and being slightly more dwarf than Pear 'Williams Bon Chretien'.
Grafted onto 'Quince A' rootstock to produce a tree with moderate vigour and promote fruiting at an early age. These strong growing trees are partially self-fertile but make the ideal planting partner for Conference or Concorde to aid pollination and increase the yield.
Pear Collection
The perfect collection to provide heavy crops of delicious pears for preserving, poaching or eating straight from the tree. Grow these varieties close to each other to improve pollination and increase crop yields.
Grafted onto 'Quince A' rootstock to produce trees with moderate vigour and promote fruiting at an early age. Rootstock: Quince A. Height and spread: 3m (9').
Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 6 years. Collection comprises 1 tree each of:
Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien' - An early fruiting variety producing large yellow non-gritty fruits with an excellent sweet and juicy flavour.
Pear 'Red William' - This red 'clone' is just as sweet as the original William's pear but with the added attraction of red skin and being slightly more dwarf.
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