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Tasting notes and identification advice for apples, pears, plums, cherries and other orchard varieties.

Pear varieties

  • Obelisk Pear
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.

  • Old Home Pear
    An American pear variety with natural fireblight resistance, often used as a pear rootstock for this reason.

  • A seedling pear variety discovered on Orcas Island, WA, USA.