Gorham Pear Back To List Pear Parentage: Williams Bon Chretien x Josephine de Malines Description: Gorham is a popular variety of good quality and reliable fruiting. Pale green fruits turning pale yellow with slight brown russet patches. Cream, fine and juicy flesh with a sweet musky flavour. The tree itself grows upright and spurs form readily. An excellent pollinator for other varieties as its self fertile. History: Raised in New York, USA in 1910 by Richard Wellington at the Agricultural Experimental Station. Introduced to the UK in 1923. Recieved 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: October 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… Improved Fertility Pear A tetraploid self fertile form of ‘Fertility’. Reliable crops of average quality. Green fruits, sweet and juicy. Full Details Humbug (Stripy) Pear Green, yellow and pink striped pear. Sweet and juicy texture with a thick skin. Even young shoots appear stripey in winter. Full Details Packham’s Triumph Pear Bright green changing to pale yellow with occasional russet and bumpy appearance. Flesh juicy and musky flavour. Full Details Conference Pear Yellowish-green with brown russet areas, occasional pink flush on chalk soil. Sweet, juicy eater and a good cropper. Full Details
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