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

Pear varieties

  • Madame Treyve Pear
    A traditional French mid-season pear, with a very juicy and sweet flavor.

  • Marguerite Marillat Pear
    Marguerite Marillat is a traditional French dessert pear raised by Mr Marillat in the 1870s and named after his wife.

  • Merton Pride Pear
    An English pear from the 1940s, quite widely grown in gardens. Can be considered an improved Bartlett.

  • Moonglow Pear
    An early attempt to a develop a fireblight-resistant pear. Good flavors from its excellent European pear pedigree.