Blake's Pride pear
Pyrus communisA 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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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
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