Excellent variety. Medium sized fruit of superb flavour, with smooth pale green skin which turns to pale yellow when ripe. The flesh is white and juicy. High yields. Ideal garden pear suitable throughout the United Kingdom. Raised in East Malling Kent in 1938, but not named or released until 1974.
Pollination: Group 4. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 3, 4 or 5 (click here for more details).

This variety starts cropping well when young, producing consistent heavy crops. Skin pale green ripening to yellow with gold or brown russeting. Excellent flavoured pale yellow flesh which is sweet and juicy. Compact habit, so best choice for growing as a cordon. Good pollinator, reasonably self-fertile but better with a pollinator. Raised in East Malling, Kent in 1977. Cross between Conference and Doyenne du Comice.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2, 3 or 4 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Heavy cropping reliable pear, flesh creamy-white, firm, sweet and juicy. Suitable throughout the United Kingdom, and reliable even in unfavourable conditions. Good pollinator. Raised in 1885 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and first exhibited in that year at the British Pear Conference, hence its name. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 2, 3 or 4 (click here for more details).

Large, melting, very juicy, most outstanding pear for flavour. Pale green flesh ripening to yellow with pale yellow flesh which occasionally has a red flush. A connoisseur's variety. It needs a warm sheltered site to thrive, so ideal for fan training on a south facing wall. Needs good pollination - Concorde is ideal. Raised in Angers, France in 1849 and introduced to Britain in 1858.
Pollination: Group 4. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 3, 4 or 5 (click here for more details).

Remarkably tough and hardy variety producing heavy crops of good quality fruits every year. Produces two sets of blossom each year, giving a 'double' crop, hence the long cropping period, if the frost does not catch the first blossom. Self-fertile. Fruits emerald green, yellowing a little when ripe. Crisp and juicy when first picked maturing to sweet, succulent and tender when fully ripe. Raised in France. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

A sport of Williams' Bon Cretien, producing pears with bright red skin when ripe, with flesh creamy-white, melting and juicy. The tree is attractive enough to be used in the ornamental garden as all new foliage in shiny and coppery red, especially attractive when contrasted against the white flowers in spring. Raised in Australia in 1940.
Pollination: Group 5. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 4 or 5 (click here for more details).

Probably the most widely grown pear throughout the world. Flesh pale green ripening to golden yellow. Regular cropper, good flavour, sweet and strong, very juicy. Pick when green a few days before ripening. Very hardy and reliable, but avoid planting in very wet areas. Found in a garden in Aldermaston, Berkshire in 1760s. In 1797 it was taken to the United States and renamed there as Bartlett where it is still one of the most important pears.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2, 3 or 4 (click here for more details).

Create your own pear or quince trees by using the age old art of grafting. It is an excellent way to make a young tree from an old favourite which is now old and not fruiting well, to create a tree from an unknown but delicious variety in a friend’s garden or it is even a way of taking a favourite from your own garden to a new garden if you are moving house. All you will need will be the scion wood from the tree, an appropriate rootstock, a good knife, some grafting sealant and some grafting tape.

If the idea of producing your own fruit tree appeals to you but you know you do not have the appropriate skills, then come to our annual Graft and Grow (Apple Scion Swap) Event held over a weekend in February. At this there will be an expert in the art of grafting who will be able to show you the way to tackle this age old craft, or do it for you. For more details please refer to our Garden Centre web site www.buckinghamgardencentre.co.uk.

All heights quoted are approximate as these can vary considerably depending on soils and the variety being grafted.

We can supply the following Rootstocks to enable you to graft your own pear or quince trees.
Quince C - dwarfing. Height when trained as bush 8ft (2.4m).
Quince A - semi-vigorous. Height when trained as bush 13ft (4m).