Concorde Pear Back To List Pear Parentage: Conference x Doyenné du Comice Description: Concorde is recognised as one of the best varieties for organic growing. Produces medium to large fruits, pale green turning yellow in colour with some patches of gold or brown russet. Pale yellow flesh is sweet and juicy, melting and buttery with a pleasant mild flavour. The tree itself is very compact so makes the perfect tree for small spaces and has beautiful clusters of white blossom in the spring. Grown on a large commercial scale throughout the UK and many other countries too. History: Raised in Kent at the East Malling Research Station in 1977. Recived an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Attributes Pollination group: Pollination group 4 Uses: Eating Self-fertility: Self-fertile Picking month: September Storing: November Relatively trouble-free Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Black Worcester Pear Large, dull green with brown russet, many have purplish flush. Crisp, coarse, fairy juicy flesh. Excellent stewing pear. Full Details Moonglow Pear Bright lemon skin when ripe. Mid-season, similar to Williams Bon Chretien, but with a finer flavour and texture. Full Details Hendre Huffcap (Perry) Pear Yellowish-green or yellow with a russet around the stem end. Medium acid, low tannin for a pleasant, light quality perry. Full Details Emile D`Heyst Pear Light green turning yellowish-green. Some solid/mottled area of russet. Moderately juicy, sweet subacid flavour. Full Details
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