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

Pear varieties

  • Santa Claus Pear
    As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.

  • Seckel Pear
    One of the earliest known American pears, it remains highly regarded for flavor and its attractive appearance.

  • Sensation Pear
    A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.

  • Shinseiki Pear
    A popular Asian pear variety known for its crisp sweet-flavored pears.

  • Silver Sail Pear
    An attractive upright flowering pear tree with silvery green foliage, and small ornamental fruits.

  • Sucrée de Montluçon Pear
    Sucree de Montlucon is a late-season French dessert pear, noted for its very sweet flesh.

  • A synonym for Doyenne d'Ete.