Beth Pear Find a stockist Buy online from The Tree Shop Back To List Parentage: Beurré Superfin x Williams’ Bon Chrétien Description: Beth is an excellent garden variety known as the 'star of the pear world'. The fruits are too small for growers to plant on a commercial scale but a reliable and heavy cropper, perfect for the English garden. Pale green, turning to pale yellow, slightly flushed pink. Small clean fruits with smooth skin and a sweet, juicy white flesh that has a melting texture. The tree itself is neat and compact in habit, has beautiful clusters of white flowers in the spring and dark green leaves. Suitable for the smaller space. History: Raised by H.M Tydeman at East Malling Research Station in Kent in 1938. Introduced in 1969 and named in 1974. Recieved an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Pollination Partners: Pear Conference Pear Doyenne du Comice Pear Fondante d'Automne Pear Glou Morceau Pear Josephine de Malines Pear Louise Bonne of Jersey Pear Moonglow Pear Winter Nelis Attributes Storing: Does not keep Uses: Eating Pollination group 3 Picking month: Late September Award-winning Any UK district Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Thorn Pear Small tree with upright habit and multi spur systems. Abundant crops of small yellow fruits with some russet. Full Details Blakeney Red Pear Very reliable, heavy cropping variety. Fruit yellow with heavy flush. Makes a medium acid/tannin perry. Full Details Louise Bonne of Jersey Pear Small-medium, pale green turning yellowish-green fruit with dark red flush. White flesh melting and sweet. Full Details Obelisk® Pear Dwarf pear with upright, columnar habit. Ideal for small spaces. Green with a slight flush, crunchy and delicate taste. Full Details
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