List of pear cultivars

Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known.^[1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, or making perry. Those varieties marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Table of pears[]

Common name	Synonyms	Origin	First developed	Comment	Use
Abate Fetel	Abbé Fetel	France	after 1865	a major cultivar in Italy^[2]	Eating
Alexander Lucas
Ambrosia
Ayers		United States		an interspecific P. communis× P. pyrifolia hybrid from the University of Tennessee
Bambinella		Malta
Black Worcester		England		a cooking pear that keeps well	cooking
Blake's Pride^[3]		United States	1965^[3]	derived from a cross of US 446 x US 505, made by H.J. Brooks^[3]
Blanquilla	'pera de agua' and 'blanquilla de Aranjuez', Spain
Bon Rouge				cultivar derived from a rare, spontaneous bud mutation of the green pear cultivar William’s Bon Chretien^[4]
Bosc				Good for eating, baking, cooking, broiling, especially poaching.
[fr]^[5]	Beurre Hardy	Boulogne-sur-Mer^[6]	c. 1820-1830
Butirra Precoce Morettini^[7]	[fr]	Florence, Italy	1956	cross between Coscia x Williams’ (Bartlett) made by Morettini
Carmen^[8]
Cascade
Catillac
Churchland
Clairgeau
Clapp's Favourite		Dorchester, Massachusetts	c. 1860
Clara Frijs		thought to be from the village of ^[9]	c. 1858	major cultivar in Denmark
Concorde		England		a seedling of 'Conference' × 'Doyenné du Comice
Conference		Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England	1894
Corella		Barossa Valley in southern Australia by German settlers^[10]	late 19th century^[10]^[11]
Coscia		Italy		very early maturing cultivar
Claude Blanchet		Vienne, Isère, France by M BLANCHET^[12]	1877^[12]		Random seedling^[12]
D'Anjou
Dessertnaja
Don Guindo		Spain		strong yellow, flavoured taste
Doyenné du Comice ("Comice")	Offered as "Royal Riviera Pears" by Harry & David	France		eating, especially with ripened cheeses, poorly suited to cooking
Dr. Jules Guyot
Earlibrite
Elektra
European (Pyrus communis)
Flemish Beauty	Fondante des Bois
Fondante d'Automne		France	c. 1825	An old Flemish variety raised by Fievee at Maubeuge^[13]
Forelle
General Leclerc
Gerburg
Giffard
Glou Morceau		Belgium	1750
Gorham		United States
Harobig
Harovin Sundown
Harrow Crisp
Harrow Delight		Canada
Harrow Gold
Harrow Red
Harrow Sweet		Canada
Harvest Queen
Hermann
Hortensia
Huntington Pear
Isolda
Joséphine de Malines		Belgium		obtained by Esperen, pomologist and mayor of Malines in the 19th century; one of the best late season pears
Kieffer		United States		a hybrid of the Chinese "sand pear", P. pyrifolia and probably 'Bartlett'
La France		France
Lategale
Laxtons Superb'		England		no longer used due to high susceptibility to fireblight
Le Conte
Louise Bonne^[14]		Normandy, France	late 1700s^[15]
Luscious		United States
Merton Pride		England	1941
Moonglow
Chinese White Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)	Nashi
Nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia)	Asian/Japanese/Chinese/Korean/Taiwanese/sand pear			Kosui Hosui Nijisseiki
(幸水) (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta)	Russet apple pear	National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan	c. 1959	the most important cultivar in Japan),^[16]^[17] ('Russet pears')	Cider, cooking, eating
(豊水) (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta)^[18]^[19]	'Russet pears',Russet apple pear	National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan	c. 1972		Cider, cooking, eating
(二十世紀) name means "20th century", also spelled 'Nijusseiki' (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta)^[20]^[21]	'Green pears',	Matsudo, Chiba, Japan	c. 1888	Green apple pear	Cider, cooking, eating
Onward^[22]		National Fruit Trials in Wisley, Surrey	1947	Laxton's Superb x Doyenne du Comice	Eating
Orcas^[23]
Orient		United States		an interspecific P. communis × P. pyrifolia hybrid
Passe Crassane		France		A variety developed by M. Boisbunel, a nurseryman from Rouen, France^[24]
Packham	'Packham's Triumph'	Australia	1896
Parsonage		New Rochelle, New York	c. 1857
Pineapple^[25]^[26]		United States		an interspecific P. communis × P. pyrifolia hybrid
Rocha	Pêra Rocha	Portugal
Rosemarie		South Africa		bred from Bon Rouge and Forelle^[27]
Seckel		United States, Philadelphia area	late 17th century	still produced, naturally resistant to fireblight)^[28]
Starkrimson	Red Clapp's	Michigan	1939	a red-skinned bud mutation of Clapp's Favourite. Its thick, smooth skin is a uniform, bright and intense red, and its creamy flesh is sweet and aromatic.^[29]
Stinking Bishop
Summer Beauty
Summercrisp
Sudduth
Taylor's Gold		New Zealand		a russeted mutant clone of 'Comice'
Tosca
Turandot
Uta
Vicar of Winkfield		England		a green skinned cooking pear	cooking
Virgouleuse
Williams	Williams' Bon Chrétien Bartlett (United States name) Red Bartlett (United States)			Many are yellow, as in upper image. There are three major red-skinned mutant clones: 'Max Red Bartlett', 'Sensation Red Bartlett', 'Rosired Bartlett' Good for eating, baking, cooking. In a recipe specifying apples, substituting one of these pears can give joy.
Winter Nelis

Cider pears[]

(Perry pears) may be far too sour or bitter for fresh eating, but are used for making cider. Some pears (especially older ones from the U.S. and Canada) are used for both cider and eating purposes.

Gallery[]

Anjou
Bosc
Conference
Forelle
European Pear
Le Conte
Pêra Rocha
Pyrus pyrifolia
Pyrus bretschneideri
Warden
Williams (Bartlett)
Vicar of Winkfield cultivar

References[]

^ Elzebroek, A.T.G.; Wind, K. (2008). Guide to Cultivated Plants. Wallingford: CAB International. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-84593-356-2.
^ Predieri, Stefano; Gatti, Edoardo (2009). "Effects of cold storage and shelf-life on sensory quality and consumer acceptance of 'Abate Fetel' pears". Postharvest Biology and Technology. 51 (3): 342–8. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.09.006.
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^ https://www.actahort.org/books/671/671_42.htm
^ https://www.nature-and-garden.com/gardening/beurre-hardy-pear-tree.html
^ André Leroy, Dictionnaire de pomologie, tome 1, 1867, p. 370, fiche 379.
^ https://goodfruitguide.co.uk/product/morettini/
^ "Pero – in Italian" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
^ https://tallcloverfarm.com/12265/comtesse-clara-frijs-pear-best-pear-never-ate
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^ http://regionalfood.com.au/corella-pears/
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^ https://brogdaleonline.co.uk/shop/fondant-dautomme/
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^ "NSW Primary Industries 2002. Nashi asian pear varieties, kosui. Agfact H4.1.14". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
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^ "NSW Primary Industries 2002. Nashi asian pear varieties, housui. Agfact H4.1.14". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
^ "????????????? :???". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
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[Elzebroek-1] Elzebroek, A.T.G.; Wind, K. (2008). Guide to Cultivated Plants. Wallingford: CAB International. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-84593-356-2.

[2] Predieri, Stefano; Gatti, Edoardo (2009). "Effects of cold storage and shelf-life on sensory quality and consumer acceptance of 'Abate Fetel' pears". Postharvest Biology and Technology. 51 (3): 342–8. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.09.006.

[blakes1-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/downloadpdf/journals/hortsci/37/4/article-p711.xml

[4] ttps://www.actahort.org/books/671/671_42.htm

[5] ttps://www.nature-and-garden.com/gardening/beurre-hardy-pear-tree.html

[6] André Leroy, Dictionnaire de pomologie, tome 1, 1867, p. 370, fiche 379.

[7] ttps://goodfruitguide.co.uk/product/morettini/

[8] "Pero – in Italian" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

[9] ttps://tallcloverfarm.com/12265/comtesse-clara-frijs-pear-best-pear-never-ate

[corella1-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Corella_Pears_12822.php

[11] ttp://regionalfood.com.au/corella-pears/

[blanchet1-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c http://pomologie.com/poire/poire1/fpoires/blanchetclaude/blanchetclaude.html

[13] ttps://brogdaleonline.co.uk/shop/fondant-dautomme/

[14] ttps://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/50892/Pyrus-communis-Louise-Bonne-of-Jersey-(D)/Details

[15] ttps://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/pear-louise-bonne-of-jersey-pyrus-communis-louise-bonne-jersey

[16] "????????????? :???". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.

[17] "NSW Primary Industries 2002. Nashi asian pear varieties, kosui. Agfact H4.1.14". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-22.

[18] "????????????? :???". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.

[19] "NSW Primary Industries 2002. Nashi asian pear varieties, housui. Agfact H4.1.14". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-22.

[20] "????????????? :???". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.

[21] "NSW Primary Industries 2002. Nashi asian pear varieties, nijiseiki. Agfact H4.1.14". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-22.

[22] ttps://www.frankpmatthews.com/catalogue/pear/10049

[23] ttps://tallcloverfarm.com/10110/orcas-pear

[24] ttp://gourmetpedia.net/products/fruits/passe-crassane-pear/

[25] ttp://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2017/05/27/fact-sheet-pineapple-pear/

[26] ttps://peacefulheritage.com/shop/pears/pineapple-pear/

[27] ttps://www.tru-cape.com/product/rosemarie-2/

[28] U.S. Department of Agriculture. (September 2004.) "Pyrus Crop Germplasm Committee: Report and genetic vulnerability statement, September 2004" Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. (Website.) Germ Resources Information Network (GRIN), pages 5-7, 10. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.

[29] Dris, Ramdane, and S. Mohan Jain (editors.) (2004.) "Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops: Volume 3, Quality Handling and Evaluation". Springer, page 274, ISBN 978-1-4020-1700-1. Retrieved on 2007-10-10

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Cultivars	Abate Fetel Bosc pear Choke pear Churchland pear Concorde Conference pear D'Anjou Doyenné du Comice Harovin Sundown Huntington pear Le Conte pear Parsonage pear Pêra Rocha Seckel pear Stinking Bishop pear Taylor's gold Warden pear Williams pear Winter Nelis pear
Species	P. amygdaliformis P. anatolica P. armeniacifolia P. boissieriana P. bourgaeana P. calleryana P. communis P. cordata P. elaeagrifolia P. hakkiarica P. korshinskyi P. nivalis P. oxyprion P. pashia P. pyraster P. pyrifolia P. salicifolia P. serikensis P. syriaca P. ussuriensis
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