Blakeney Red Pear Back To List Description: Blakeney Red is the most common perry pear that's a very reliable, heavy cropping variety. Produces quite large yellow fruits with heavy flush, sometimes streaked with light russet. Makes a medium acid/tannin tasting perry. Stunning white flowers during the spring History: Thought to have originated from the village of Blakeney, Gloucestershire in around 18th century. Became well known in the 1830s when it was widely planted, particularly in the west and southwest of Gloucestershire. Pollination Partners: Pear Beth Pear Conference Pear Doyenne du Comice Pear Fondante d'Automne Pear Josephine de Malines Pear Louise Bonne of Jersey Pear Merton Pride Pear Winter Nelis Attributes Picking month: Early OctoberP Uses: Perry Pollination group 4 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… Nashi Kumoi Pear Full Details Black Worcester Pear Large, dull green with brown russet, many have purplish flush. Crisp, coarse, fairy juicy flesh. Excellent stewing pear. Full Details Josephine de Malines Pear A small conical, greenish yellow variety of delicious flavour with a dark red flush. Sweet and juicy. 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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