- Sub-categories:
- Culinary pears2
- Dessert pears24
Pear trees
We have an extensive range of pear trees and can advise on choosing the best pear trees for your garden or orchard project.
- Pear trees
Beurre Hardy
A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation. - In stockPear trees
Beurre Superfin
Beurre Superfin is a 19th century French pear variety, considered one of the best for flavour and texture.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Black Worcester
The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Celebration NUVAR®
A modern English pear, best considered as an improved Conference.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Conference
A popular and reliable English pear, Conference is perfectly suited to the English climate.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Doyenne du Comice
Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Glou Morceau
A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.€24.45buy - Pear trees
Humbug
Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes. - Pear trees
Invincible
Invincible is a good-flavour pear which can cope with more difficult conditions than most pears. - In stockPear trees
Louise Bonne of Jersey
An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Merton Pride
One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.€24.45buy - Pear trees
Obelisk®
A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile. - In stockPear trees
Packham's Triumph
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.€24.45buy - In stockPear trees
Winter Nelis
A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.€24.45buy
How to choose Pear trees
Pears are related to apples, and most of the horticultural requirements and challenges of apples apply also to growing pear trees. However pear trees are a bit more demanding than apple trees - they prefer slightly warmer conditions and are a bit less tolerant of soil and situation, and crop yields are lower.
On the plus side, pear trees are less susceptible to the various pests and diseases commonly experienced with apples.
When it comes to flavour, pears have an aura of exclusivity which you don't tend to find in apples.
Although there are some culinary pear varieties, all the ones we offer are dessert pears - good for eating fresh, but also useful for culinary purposes too.
Pears are fundamentally self-sterile so will require a pollination partner, in other words a compatible pear tree of a different variety growing nearby. Even the varieties we list as self-fertile will be far more productive with a pollination partner. Conference is probably the only pear variety that is reliably self-fertile.