About
This dessert variety yields small, golden-brown pears with a russeted skin and a fragrant taste. The fruit matures late in the season and requires warm temperatures for optimal ripening.
About the genus
Pyrus consists of deciduous trees and shrubs characterized by oval-shaped leaves. In the spring, these plants produce fragrant white flowers, which are succeeded by green or brown fruits. Some species bear fruits that are suitable for consumption.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Fruit Edible, Trees
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Needs a deep, fertile, moist but well-drained, fairly neutral soil in a sheltered, sunny position. Will not thrive on very acid soils, shallow chalk soils or with shade for more than half the day. See pear cultivation for further advice
- Pruning
- Prune according to chosen training method. See pruning new pear trees, summer pear pruning, winter pear pruning, renovating pear trees and pruning established fans
- Propagation
- Propagate by chip budding in late summer, or grafting in mid-winter, onto a clonal rootstock for pears. Fruit grown from pips is unlikely to resemble the parent
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, caterpillars, codling moth, pear blister mite, pear midge and pear and cherry slugworm
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to blossom wilt, brown rot, fireblight, pear scab, European pear rust and honey fungus (rarely)