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Clapps Favourite

Clapps Favourite
Pyrus communis
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Clapps Favourite pear trees for sale

  • 1-year maiden bare-root tree 23.95€
    Pyrodwarf rootstock
    Medium size (2.5m-3m after 10 years)
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Deliveries resume December 2020

History

Raised by Mr Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA in the mid-19th century.

Clapps Favourite characteristics

  • Picking seasonEarly
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping1-3 days
  • Fruit persistenceNormal ripening
  • Useful forEating freshCulinary
  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group4
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • PloidyDiploid
  • VigourSlightly large
  • Bearing regularityRegular
  • Disease resistancePoor
  • FireblightVery susceptible
  • ScabVery susceptible
  • Climate typeTemperate climatesWarm climates
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1850 - 1899
  • Flower colourWhite
  • Fruit colourYellow / Orange
  • Fruit sizeAverage