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what pears are these?

pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
in Fruit & veg
Hi all,

One of my pear trees fruited this year for the first time in 5+ years of ownership.  The tree I would guess is around 8 years old, so has taken some time to come into bearing.

It's a light crop of around 10 fruits but they are certainly not small and looking forward to sampling them.

The problem is I have no idea what they are.    We ordered a 'Concorde' but as the years went by and it wasn't cropping, I suspected that something wasn't right, and when there was a single pear last year that appeared, I knew instantly it was not Concorde due to its shape.    We have since planted a new supercolumn Concorde from a different (and doubtless more reliable) supplier.     We also have a Conference.

I appreciate there isn't much to go on other than the photos and harvest time, but is anyone willing to suggest what they might be?   The tree itself is fairly compact with upright growth habit and produces good autumn colour compared to my Conference pear tree.

They all came off the tree easily today so we're talking late-August I guess cropping wise.  Research has led me to either Dr. Jules Guyot, Williams Bon Chretien or Moonglow.

I guess I could send it off to Malling Research to get it DNA tested but no idea what that will cost.    Needless to say I'm not keen on using the company again (it isn't the first tree that we ordered from them that turned out after a few years to be not what we ordered).

Hope someone can maybe help with the ID.
Thanks in advance.










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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    could be Beth or williams.
  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    fidgetbones said:
    could be Beth or williams.
    Isn't Beth russeted though whereas these have barely any russeting?
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    I wouldn't care what they are, they look superb!
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    hahaha.   indeed.   thanks for the compliment!   still hoping someone might be able to make an ID of sorts though.
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    A bit dark, but look like Williams to me too...
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    edited August 2023
    It looks like our Beurre Hardy pear. Where the sun hits one side the skin goes slightly red.
    It doesn't look like our Williams.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    They also look rather like my Beurre Hardy too, but they also look a bit like my Comice...

    Billericay - Essex

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  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    But aren't both beurre hardy and comice mid to late October, whereas these pears have been harvested right at the end of August - ?

    I agree they look like BH and the fact this cultivar is slow to come into bearing definitely applies to our tree, but the season does not  ....  so still unsure.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Were they ready to pick …? What’s the flavour and texture like? That should help with ID

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • pierre_de_gayepierre_de_gaye Posts: 182
    Dovefromabove said:
    Were they ready to pick …? What’s the flavour and texture like? That should help with ID
    I wouldn't have picked them if they weren't ready to pick - they came off very easily with no force whatsoever.    However, they are rock hard so obviously will need ripening for a long time before I can try them, so no idea as to flavour and won't for a while.
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