A modern fireblight resistant pear, which ripens mid-season, about a week later than Bartlett.
USDA identification images for Blake's Pride
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Tree register
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Blake's Pride tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Pyrus communis - Pear
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flesh colour: Cream
Using
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Precocity: Slow to start bearing
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Blake's Pride pear trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Blake's Pride pear trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.