Pears
aug-sept = early // sept-okt = midseason // okt-nov = late
Harvest: good / medium / small
Cultivation zone 1-8
Bambinella (good, small)
An unusually small round summer pear with sharp, very juicy and sweet flesh that resembles an Asian pear
Rating: 5
Use: For eating or cooking
Maturation: Early
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Origin Malta
Habitat: Sun. Nutritious soil
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Clara friis
The fruit has a fresh, sweet and aromatic taste. Can deliver a good amount of fruit if conditions allow. Good as dessert pears, ingredient in salads and also as pickled pears. A first-class pear that you like to have in the garden.
Rating: 5
Use: Pear / cook / cider
Maturity: Early / midseason
Harvest: Medium
Hardiness: Zone 1-5
Habitat: Sun, nutritious soil
Clapps Favorite Pear
Large, thick fruits that have a yellow-green tone that changes to a lighter yellow color at full maturity. The fruit also gets a reddish tone on the sunny side. The flesh is white, to white-yellow and juicy. The consistency is somewhat rough. The taste is sweet, slightly sour
Rating: 5
Use: For eating
Maturation: Midseason / late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Thrives on nutrient-rich soils in a sunny location.
Conference pear
The fruit is medium-sized. The meat is nice and quite juicy with a very nice and searching taste and nice aroma. A first-class pear that tastes a bit like banana. The color of the meat supports this comparison. Gives plenty of large, green-brown pears that are fine-grained. The pear ripens in November and is well suited for storage.
Rating: 5
Use: Pear / cook / cider
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-5
Habitat: Sun, nutritious soil
Esperen’s bergamot pear
The fruit is small to medium-sized. The grass green color is covered with a light mist that gives the fruit a bluish hue. At maturity, the base color turns yellow-green. The pulp, which is juicy and sweet, has a slightly sour taste and pleasant aroma.
Rating: 4
Use: Pear / cook
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Medium
Hardiness: Zone 1-5
Habitat: Sun, nutritious soil
Gray pear
Very popular variety that gives plenty of small, green fruits with thick skin. The flesh is yellowish white, juicy and sweet.
Rating: 4/5
Use: For eating or cooking
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Well-drained, nutritious and rich soil.
Hochfeine Butterbirne
Also Beurré Superfin and Conseiller de la Cour. Behind an unimpressive exterior hides a wonderful aromatic pear
Rating: 5
Use: For eating
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Sunny. Adapts to most soil types
Idaho pear
The dots are very numerous and the fruit ripens towards turning golden yellow. The fruit actually has a rather quince-like aspect. The meat is buttery, juicy, with a perfumed and delicious taste. The flesh is white with a hint of yellow. Quality good to very good.
Rating: 5
Use: Pear / cook
Maturity: Early / midseason
Harvest: Medium
Hardiness: Zone 1-5
Habitat: Sun, nutritious soil
July Deckan pear
Yellow with fiery red. Semi-melting, juicy, sweet taste. Approx. 1700 Belgium. Durable and very healthy.
Rating: 4
Use: For eating
Maturation: Early
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Sun. Nutritious soil
Öresund pear – historical, unknown pear
Rating: 4
Use: For eating
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Sunny with protection from the wind
Packhams triumph pear
An Australian pear from the 19th century that produces plenty of tasty golden green pears. Hardy and easy to grow, but benefits from a sheltered sunny location.
Rating: 5
Use: For eating
Maturity: Late
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Sunny with protection from the wind
Red autumn bergamot pear
The fruit is small flat round, light green to yellow-green with a dark-brown-red sunny side. The flesh is sweet, slightly sour with a peculiar fine aroma.
Rating: 4
Use: For eating
Maturity: Midseason
Harvest: Good
Hardiness: Zone 1-3 (4 + 5)
Habitat: Sun. Nutritious soil
Williams Pear
Good as a food bulb, for cooking or cider. Known from Williams snaps. The tree gives a medium yield that is harvested early in the season.
Rating: 5
Use: Pear / cooking / cider
Maturation: Early
Harvest: Medium
Hardiness: Zone 1-5
Habitat: Sun, nutritious soil
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