Honeysweet is a self-fertile small late-season sweet pear, with buttery flesh, related to Seckel.
USDA identification images for Honeysweet
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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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Honeysweet 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
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flesh colour: Cream
- Fruit size: Small
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking month: September
- Picking period: mid-September
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
- Fire blight: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Honeysweet pear trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Honeysweet pear trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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