Description
They do best in warm sunny locations where there is shelter from prevailing winds. Yields are much better when several varieties of the same or adjacent pollination group are planted together. The trees should be planted in deep, well drained and fertile soil. Eating and cooking varieties are generally supplied on Quince A rootstock. This is regarded as semi-vigorous. Trees should be planted 4-5m apart. The varieties offered are likely to do well in Irish conditions. However, pears need warmth to ripen fully and ideally should be planted in sheltered sunny positions. Perry pears are supplied on Pyrodwarf or Pyrus communis rootstock, and should be spaced at 5-10 m. The trees are very long lived – trees planted now may still be producing fruit in two hundred years time.
Varieties available.
Concorde Eater:
Compact tree, good for organic cultivation but fruit difficult to ripen in cool summers . Sweet and juicy. September. Regarded as being self fertile but does much better with a pollinator (pollination group 3).
Red favourite:
An excellent variety for your garden. Easy to grow with large creamy tasting pears. Used for both fresh eating and baking.
Beth Eater:
Compact tree which spurs freely. Sweet melting fruit. Very suitable for small gardens. September/October. Pollination group 3. Kent 1938.
Potted pears 40ltr- Precoce De Travaux:
Eating. Small to medium sized fruit, yellow flushed with red. Exquisite flavour, scented, aromatic. Strong grower and resistant to scab. Good pollinator (pollination group 2), but slightly vulnerable to early frosts. One of the very best pears and one of our favourites. Mid August to early September. France 1862
Chrisite Eater:
Heritage Scottish variety. Sweet and juicy. September/October. Vigorous and hardy with good resistance to scab. Pollination group 3
7.5ltr Beth Eater:
Compact tree which spurs freely. Sweet melting fruit. Very suitable for small gardens. September/October. Pollination group 3. Kent 1938.
