Gorham Pear Back To List 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 Uses: Eating Storing: October Pollination group 1 Picking month: Mid September Award-winning 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… Brandy Pear Small, pale greenish-yellow with bright red flush. Crops heavily, can bear biennially. Tree is small-medium. Full Details Sensation Pear Red skin and red foliage in spring. Creamy white, firm texture melting and juicy. Sport of Williams Bon Chretien. 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 Black Worcester Pear Large, dull green with brown russet, many have purplish flush. Crisp, coarse, fairy juicy flesh. Excellent stewing pear. Full Details
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