Hendre Huffcap

Hendre Huffcap is a well-known traditional English perry pear variety. It is a reliable cropper, and makes a light, low-tannin good quality perry.

Pyrus communis

Hendre Huffcap perry pear trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  Pyrodwarf rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

  Out of stock
• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  Pyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

  Out of stock

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How to grow

Hendre Huffcap tends to produce a large tree (depending on the rootstock).

It will readily over-crop, causing broken branches, so thinning is advisable in June.

The fruit falls easily from the tree when ripe.

It is generally untroubled by disease.

History

Huffcap is an old English term commonly used to describe perry pears which have an elliptical shape - or possibly any strong drink.

Hendre Huffcap characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• Picking seasonLate
• CroppingHeavy
• Useful forHard cider
• Disease resistanceGood
• ScabSome resistance
• Climate typeTemperate climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• AwardsRHS Plants for Pollinators