Varieties
Varieties of Pear
Which variety suits you depends on site, space and taste. Here are the Pear varieties with their particulars.
- ‚Alexander Lucas‘*‚Alexander Lucas’* is a productive, large-fruited autumn-to-winter pear that you can store well until December.
- ‚Boscs Flaschenbirne‘*‚Boscs Flaschenbirne’* (also Kaiser Alexander) you immediately recognize by its long, bottle-shaped fruit with the typical cinnamon-brown russeted skin.
- ‚Clapps Liebling‘*‚Clapps Liebling’* is one of the earliest pears ever, you can harvest it for the first time already in early August.
- ‚Conference‘Conference is the most cultivated pear in Europe and one of the most reliable for your home garden.
- ‚Gellerts Butterbirne‘You will find *‚Gellerts Butterbirne’* (also known as Hardenponts Winterbutterbirne) to be an elegant, melting autumn pear with a fine aroma.
- ‚Gräfin von Paris‘The *‚Gräfin von Paris’* is a true winter pear, you harvest it still hard in late October and let it ripen in storage until February or March.
- ‚Gute Luise‘You will find *‚Gute Luise’* robust, widely cultivable autumn pear with balanced flavor.
- ‚Harrow Sweet‘This Canadian breed was selected specifically for fire blight tolerance and is therefore one of the safest choices for areas where the disease is around.
- ‚Köstliche von Charneux‘The Köstliche von Charneux (also called Bürgermeisterbirne) is an old Belgian autumn pear valued for its good scab resistance and its heavy yield.
- ‚Novembra‘A robust winter pear from the Pillnitz resistance breeding programme, which owes its name to its long storage life: in…
- ‚Vereinsdechant‘The Vereinsdechant (Doyenné du Comice) is regarded by many as the finest tasting pear of all, a large fruited winter pear that you can store into December.
- ‚Williams Christ‘Williams Christ is the classic summer pear and the basis of the famous Williams brandy.