Fall. Distinctive sweet rich spicy buttery flavor. Melting juicy tender white flesh. Bears huge crops annually. Good pollinator for other varieties. Z4.
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Summer. Medium-sized fruit with buttery aromatic juicy flesh. Grower Mark Fulford says it’s the “most like nectar” of the 40 varieties he’s grown. Keeps for a month. Z4.
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Late Summer. Small obovate yellowish-brown russeted pear with slight red blush. Often considered the best-flavored of all pears. Good fresh and cooked. Z4.
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Pyrus pyrifolia Fall. Very large sweet juicy golden-brown pear. One fruit grown in Japan made it into the The Guinness Book of World Records. Will develop sweetness even in cooler summer weather. Z5.
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Pyrus communis Late Summer. Large greenish-yellow classic obtuse-pyriform pear. Adaptable to many climates and soils. Full reliable annual crops. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Distinctive sweet rich spicy buttery flavor. Melting juicy tender white flesh. Bears huge crops annually. Good pollinator for other varieties. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Small heirloom dessert pear with white rich melting aromatic flesh. Vigorous tree with fireblight resistance. Bears biennially. Rare. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-large pear with yellowish skin and a slight reddish blush. A superior dessert pear. Highly ornamental tree. Z3/4.
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Pyrus communis Winter. Intensely sweet highly aromatic tender storage pear; possibly the best eating of all winter pears. Similar to Seckel. Keeps extremely well. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Late Summer-Early Fall. Large fruit is buttery, tender and very juicy. Productive vigorous trees are hardy and disease resistant. Z5.
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Pyrus communis Summer. Very tasty soft-fleshed dessert pear. The earliest-ripening variety we know. Does not keep, enjoy it while it’s here. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Late Fall-Winter. Frankendorf, Germany. Coarse flesh, good flavor. Great storage pear. Can keep until April in the root cellar. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sized fruit with blemish-free skin. Buttery juicy flesh with some grain & grit. Vigorous, productive, upright trees hardy & long lived. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Late Summer. Large dessert pear with melting juicy flesh, smooth creamy texture and thin skin. Wonderful dessert pear. Great for canning. Z3.
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Pyrus communis Fall-Winter. Very sweet high-quality dessert pear with buttery flesh. Good keeper. Vigorous annual bearer. Resistant to pear scab. Z3/4.
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Pyrus communis Late Summer. Small obovate yellowish-brown russeted pear with slight red blush. Often considered the best-flavored of all pears. Good fresh and cooked. Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sharp perry pear. Too bitter for fresh eating but very good for making a strong aromatic perry. Also suitable for cooking. Medium-small spreading tree. Probably Z4.
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Pyrus communis Fall. Medium-sharp Ancient perry pear. Juice has medium acid and tannin and “affords a Perry of the greatest excellence with a sweet rich distinctive flavour.” Also good in blends. Z4.
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