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 24.45€
Pyrodwarf rootstock
Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
21-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
Pyrus c. Kirchensaller rootstock
Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)

Deliveries resume December 2020

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.

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

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