Pears:sold out

 

 

           

Our pears are grafted on Quince A rootstock which produces a semi-dwarf tree. Some varieties require an interstem which is a short section of another pear variety grafted between the rootstock resulting variety

 

 

Clapp's Favourite  Massachusetts, USA  Very early dessert pear.  Very large, elongated, lemon yellow with red flush.  Flesh is tender, sweet, and juicy.  Prolific, reliable producer.  Not a good keeper.  Pick Aug-Sept.

 

Comice. France, 1849.  Considered the best flavoured winter dessert pear. Large, broad based, narrow necked, greenish yellow fruit with slightly russet and red flush.

 

Conference. England 1894. Medium to large, long, calabash shape.  Smooth, green skin slightly russetted.  Flesh creamy white ripening to pink tinge.  Juicy and sweet. Somewhat self fertile, ripens late Sept.

 

Flemish Beauty, Flanders, 1810. Belgium,1810.  Large, roundish pear.  Yellow with a red blush.  Firm, yellow and white flesh becomes melting, buttery, tender and sweet.  Tree is hardy, vigourous, and productive.  Requires a pollinator.  Ripens mid Sept.

 

Winter Nellis