pear 'Easter Beurré'

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A medium-sized, upright tree with shiny, oval leaves and white blossom in spring. The medium-sized, pear-shaped, dessert fruit have yellowish-green, russetted skin and pale yellow, juicy, melting flesh with a musky flavour. Pick in mid-autumn and use to late winter. Not self-fertile, in pollination group 5, and requiring a warm, sheltered spot to do well

Scientific classification

Species: pear 'Easter Beurré' (Pyrus communis 'Easter Beurré')
Genus: Pyrus
Family: Rosaceae

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Toxicity: Fruit Edible · Trees
Plant type: 2.5-4 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy · Columnar upright
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full shade · Partial shade
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Distribution of pear 'Easter Beurré'

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of pear 'Easter Beurré'

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pear 'Easter Beurré' care guide

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings
Watering: Full shade · Partial shade
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Watering

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub or tree feed once each early spring

Pruning

Thin fruit in late spring or early summer to improve size and quality; see fruit thinning. Regular pruning required; prune cordons and other restricted forms in summer and all trees in winter. Further pruning advice: pruning new pear trees, summer pear pruning, winter pear pruning, renovating pear trees, pruning established fans

Propagation

Propagate by grafting or budding onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. Fruit grown from pips will not resemble the parent

Growing

Needs a deep, fertile, moist but well-drained, fairly neutral soil in a sheltered, sunny position. Will not thrive on very acid soils, shallow chalk soils or with shade for more than half the day. See Pears

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