Beurre Hardy

Pyrus communis

Beurre Hardy pear trees for sale

• 1-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  Quince A rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

History

Raised by M. Bonnet, a fruit enthusiast from Boulogne in northern France, around 1820. Named after M. Hardy, a Director of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.

Beurre Hardy characteristics

• Picking seasonLate
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1 week
• Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
• Useful forEating fresh
• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group4
• Pollinating othersPoor
• PloidyDiploid
• VigourSlightly large
• PrecocitySlow to start bearing
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• Disease resistanceAverage
• FireblightSome susceptibility
• MildewSome susceptibility
• ScabSome resistance
• Climate typeTemperate climatesWarm climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Frost resistance of blossomGood resistance
• Country of originFrance
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourRusset
• AwardsRHS Award of Garden Merit