Moors Giant is a natural sport of the popular Conference pear - all the same qualities, but with much larger fruit size.
USDA identification images for Conference Moors Giant
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.
Sport
This variety is a sport (natural genetic mutation) of: Conference
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Tree register
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Conference Moors Giant tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Pyrus communis - Pear
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: Belgium
- Period of origin: 2000
- Fruit colour: Green - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Best sellers
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Fruit size: Very large
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Average
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking period: mid-September
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Upright
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Some resistance
- Fire blight: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Conference Moors Giant pear trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Conference Moors Giant 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.