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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)
Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

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

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping1-2 months
  • Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
  • Useful forEating fresh
  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • VigourSlightly large
  • Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
  • Disease resistanceGood
  • Climate typeTemperate climates
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flower colourWhite
  • Fruit colourGreen / YellowRusset
  • Fruit sizeAverage