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Celebration NUVAR®

Nuvar Celebration is a modern English pear variety, very similar in most respects to the well-known Conference pear.

Pyrus communis

Celebration NUVAR pear trees for sale

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

History

Part of the Nuvar family, Nuvar Celebration was released in 1972 by East Malling Research in Kent.  It is a cross between Conference and Packham's Triumph.

Celebration NUVAR characteristics

  • Using

    • Picking season:Late
    • Cropping:Good
    • Keeping:1-2 months
    • Fruit persistence:Normal ripening
    • Useful for:Eating fresh

  • Growing

    • Gardening skill:Beginner
    • Self-fertility:Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group:3
    • Pollinating others:Average
    • Vigour:Slightly large
    • Fruit bearing:Spur-bearer

  • Problems

    • Disease resistance:Good

  • Climate

    • Climate type:Temperate climates

  • Identification

    • Country of origin:United Kingdom
    • Period of origin:1950 - 1999
    • Flower colour:White
    • Fruit colour:Green / YellowRusset
    • Fruit size:Average