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This extremely juicy and deliciously sweet heritage pear ripens in late January. Valued for its high yield of fruit and the fact that it is self pollinating. Pale gold skin and white flesh that just melts in your mouth. Deciduous.

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QN = Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / dwarfed. This extremely juicy and deliciously sweet heritage pear ripens in late January. Valued for its high yield of fruit and the fact that it is self pollinating. Pale gold skin and white flesh that just melts in your mouth. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact/Semi Dwarfed. This extremely juicy and deliciously sweet heritage pear ripens in late January. Valued for its high yield of fruit and the fact that it is self pollinating. Pale gold skin and white flesh that just melts in your mouth. Deciduous.

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A European pear AKA Kaiser. Grafted on Pear rootstock to keep compact/ semi dwarfed. Quality large fruit that is just melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm cinnamon brown skin and a long tapered neck with flesh that is sweet and juicy. Matures late summer. Stores well. Deciduous.

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A European pear AKA Kaiser. Quality large fruit that is just melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm cinnamon brown skin and a long tapered neck with flesh that is sweet and juicy. Matures late summer. Stores well. Grafted on to Quince for size control. Deciduous.

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aka Kaiser

A European pear AKA Kaiser. Quality large fruit that is just melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm cinnamon brown skin and a long tapered neck with flesh that is sweet and juicy. Matures late summer. Stores well. Grafted on to Quince for size control. Deciduous.

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aka Kaiser

Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact/Dwarfed. A European pear AKA Kaiser. Quality large fruit that is just melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm cinnamon brown skin and a long tapered neck with flesh that is sweet and juicy. Matures late summer. Stores well. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact/Semi Dwarfed. In our humble opinion an utterly outstanding eating pear. When ripe 'Beurre Hardy' fills your nose with fragrance, fills your mouth with melting flesh, covers your chin in juice and has a taste that just knocks your socks off. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact/ semi dwarfed. A modern dessert pair that crops from a young age with delicious fruit that have green skin with quite a lot of russeting. The flesh is pale yellow, sweet, juicy and melt in your mouth flavour. Self-fertile. The pears are ripe around March. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / dwarfed. A modern dessert pair that crops from a young age with delicious fruit that have green skin with quite a lot of russeting. The flesh is pale yellow, sweet, juicy and melt in your mouth flavour. Self -fertile. The pears are ripe around March. Deciduous.

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NZ's most popular pear. Crops very well with delicious juicy fruit that are quite long and narrow in shape. The flesh is rich and aromatic with a slight pink tinge when ripe. Attractive, smooth khaki-green skin. Ripe around March. Self fertile, improve with pollinator. RHS AGM. Deciduous.

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NZ's most popular pear. Crops very well with delicious juicy fruit that are long and narrow in shape. The flesh is rich and aromatic with a slight pink tinge when ripe. Attractive, smooth green skin. Ripe around March. Self fertile. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact/ semi dwarfed. NZ's most popular pear. Crops very well with delicious juicy fruit that are long and narrow in shape. The flesh is rich and aromatic with a slight pink tinge when ripe. Attractive, smooth green skin. Ripe March. Self fertile. Deciduous.

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aka Double Graft Pear

Belle de Jumet- a juicy and deliciously sweet heritage pear that ripens in late January. Pale gold skin and white flesh that just melts in your mouth. Seckle - small things do come in small parcels. Bite into this chubby little gourmet pear and you will have a flavour explosion of honey-sweet, very juicy flesh. Red-brown skin with prominent white dots.

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Double Graft Pear. Beurre Bosc is a superb quality brown pear with sweet and juicy, large fruit. Excellent quality and stores well. Regular and heavy cropper. Packhams Triumph - a super all purpose variety with large, rich flavoured fruit that are ripe about March. Deciduous.

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Double Graft Pear. Doyenne du Comice, the classic gourmet pear and still regarded as the best. Fine smooth flesh that is sweet and juicy. Conference is a medium to large pear, with green,russeted, fairly smooth skin. The sweet, juicy, melting flesh is rich and aromatic. Deciduous.

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Double Graft Pear. Conference- a medium to large pear with green, russeted, fairly smooth skin. The sweet, juicy, melting flesh is rich and aromatic. Red Bartlett- a popular and highly ornamental pear with aromatic melting flesh. Beautiful wine-purple skin turning brilliant scarlet when ripe, great for dessert or bottling. Deciduous.

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Double Graft Pear. Doyenne du Comice- Top quality dessert pear. Green skin with white melting flesh that carrys a hint of cinnamon. Ready about late February. Beurre Bosc - Large long fruit with bronze-green skin and soft highly flavoured flesh that melts in your mouth. Ripe around February.

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Double graft pear. Doyenne du Comice- Top quality dessert pear. Green skin with white melting flesh that carrys a hint of cinnamon. Ready about late February. Winter Nelis- Green skin, rich buttery flavour. Good keeper. Matures around the end of March. Deciduous.

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Double grafted Pear. Packhams Triumph- A super all purpose variety with large fruit mid season, good keeper. Winter Nelis- Green skin with reddish russet patches,small fruit with a rich buttery flavour. Prolific cropper and long keeping. Deciduous.

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Double Graft Pear- Red Bartlett- This pear has wine-purple skin turning brilliant scarlet when ripe, great for dessert or bottling. Ripens February. Doyenne du Comice- Top quality dessert pear. Green skin with white melting flesh that carries a hint of cinnamon. Ready about late February. Deciduous

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Double grafted Pear. Taylors Gold- A NZ bred Pear with golden russeted skin and a sensational flavour. Tender juicy flesh, ripens around April. Beurre Bosc - a large russeted pear with creamy coloured coarse textured flesh. Juicy and very sweet. Stores well. Ripens around February. Deciduous.

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William Bon Chretien. A great late season pear that is an excellent keeper. Green skin with russet patches. Fruit is small, flesh buttery with a rich flavour. Beurre Bosc. Quality large fruit that is melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm brown skin. Matures late summer. Deciduous.

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William Bon Chretien. A great late season pear that is an excellent keeper. Green skin with russet patches. Fruit is small, flesh buttery with a rich flavour. Conference. Delicious long narrow and juicy, smooth green skin. Rich aromatic flesh with a pink tinge when ripe around March. Deciduous.

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Double Graft Pear. William Bon Chretien- Pale green skin with white finely grained flesh that is juicy and sweet. Ripe around late January. Winter Cole- Round medium sized fruit with russeted skin and delicious white flesh that is richly flavoured. Ripe around late autumn. Deciduous.

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William Bon Chretien. A great late season pear that is an excellent keeper. Green skin with russet patches. Fruit is small, flesh buttery with a rich flavour. Prolific cropper. Winter Nelis. Sweet juicy small pear, yellow-green skin with light russeting. Firm fine textured flesh has good flavour. Good reliable cropper. Great fresh or preserved. Deciduous

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A delicious gourmet pear regarded by many as the pear with the finest flavour. Green skin blushed pink and white, melting, sweet, juicy flesh. A vigorous grower that will do best in a sunny sheltered position. Doyenne du Comice has been awarded an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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A delicious gourmet pear regarded by many as the pear with the finest flavour. Green skin blushed pink and white, melting, sweet, juicy flesh. It will do best in a sunny sheltered position. Doyenne du Comice has been awarded an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. A delicious gourmet pear regarded by many as the pear with the finest flavour. Green skin blushed pink and white, melting, sweet, juicy flesh. It will do best in a sunny sheltered position. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / dwarfed. A delicious gourmet pear regarded by many as the pear with the finest flavour. Green skin blushed pink and white, melting, sweet, juicy flesh. It will do best in a sunny sheltered position. Deciduous.

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aka Dwarf Pear

Dwarf. This delicious Pear has green skin with soft russeting and sweet, smooth textured flesh. Ripe around February. Only grows to 3m which is considered dwarf for a pear so ideal small gardens. Plant in the sunny spot. Deciduous.

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Kieffer is a large pear with greenish-yellow skin blushed in red and has coarse crisp, juicy, white flesh Highly resistant to fire blight and heat or cold extremes. Late fruiting variety with Yellow/Red skin. Self fertile. Suitable to be grown throughout NZ.

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Elongated, medium size pear with smooth green skin heavily blushed with bronze-red. Delicious, aromatic, very juicy fruit with melt in your mouth flesh. A reliable producer and a fairly vigorous tree. This pear has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. (RHS AGM)Deciduous

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An Italian bred Pear that dates back to 1956. Quite a dumpy pear with greenish-yellow skin that has an attractive red blush. The flesh is white and is very juicy with a rich flavour that is sweet and spicy. Ripens early, around Feb/March. Deciduous.

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Heritage. Packhams triumph is a large irregular shaped pear with greenish-yellow skin. It has finely textured, white, sweet tasting flesh and is an excellent dessert and bottling pear. Ripens around March/April. Delicious and Deciduous

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Heritage. Packhams triumph is a large irregular shaped pear with greenish-yellow skin. It has finely textured, white, sweet tasting flesh and is an excellent dessert and bottling pear. Ripens around March/April. Delicious and Deciduous.

Pear and Nashi Information Page This pear was raised in 1896 by Mr Packham of Moolong, New South Wales and we've been growing and eating it ever since.

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Heritage. Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. Packhams triumph is a large irregular shaped pear with greenish-yellow skin. It has finely textured, white, sweet tasting flesh and is an excellent dessert and bottling pear. Ripens around March/April. Delicious and Deciduous

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A popular and highly ornamental Pear with aromatic melting flesh. This pear has beautiful wine-purple skin turning brilliant scarlet when ripe, great for dessert or bottling. Ripens around February. Deciduous.

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A popular and highly ornamental Pear with aromatic melting flesh. This pear has beautiful wine-purple skin turning brilliant scarlet when ripe, great for dessert or bottling. Ripens around February. Deciduous.

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Small things do come in small parcels. Bite into this chubby little gourmet pear and you will have a flavour explosion of honey-sweet, very juicy flesh. Red-brown skin with prominent white dots. Upright tree. Deciduous.

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Small things do come in small parcels. Bite into this chubby little gourmet pear and you will have a flavour explosion of honey-sweet, very juicy flesh. Red-brown skin with prominent white dots. Grafted on to Quince rootstock to keep compact. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. Starkrimson is a beautiful looking pear with crimson skin. The flesh is finely textured and smooth with a light taste. Sweet and juicy as well. Excellent for fresh eating. Ripens mid January. Delicious and Deciduous.

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Taylor's Gold pears have large and full at the base with no neck and a thick stem. Smooth, uniform, cinnamon-coloured skin that may take on the occasional rose blush. A delicate aroma and creamy flesh that is juicy and very tender, Taylor’s Gold pears offer a rich, sweet flavour. Deciduous.

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Taylor's Gold pears have large and full at the base with no neck and a thick stem. Smooth, uniform, cinnamon-coloured skin that may take on the occasional rose blush. A delicate aroma and creamy flesh that is juicy and very tender, Taylor’s Gold pears offer a rich, sweet flavour. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / dwarfed. Taylor's Gold pears have large and full at the base with no neck and a thick stem. Smooth, uniform, cinnamon-colored skin. A delicate aroma and creamy flesh that is juicy and very tender, pears offer a rich, sweet flavor. Deciduous.

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Triomphe de Viennes was a chance seedling discovered growing near the town of Viennes close to Lyons in the South Eastern France. It is very much in the style of early Belgium and French dessert pears being oblong in shape, green in colour with much russetting, crisp white juicy flesh with good texture.

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A sweet and delicious pear which is popular for desserts and bottling. The pale green skin is soft yellow when fully ripe. Ready to eat from late January to February. This pear has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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A sweet and delicious pear which is popular for desserts and bottling. The pale green skin is soft yellow when fully ripe. Ready to eat from late January to February. This pear has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. A sweet and delicious pear which is popular for desserts and bottling. The pale green skin is soft yellow when fully ripe. Ready to eat from late January to February. Deciduous.

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A nice fat round pear with russeted skin. The flesh is creamy white, juicy and with a good rich flavour. Ripens towards autumn and stores extremely well. Can be preserved or used for juice. Happiest in a sunny sheltered spot however quite hardy and easy to grow. Deciduous.

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Round medium sized fruit with russeted skin and delicious, juicy, melt in your mouth, white flesh that is richly flavoured. Matures in late autumn and stores very well. This dwarf version is grafted on to Quince rootstock to keep compact. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. Round medium sized fruit with russeted skin and delicious, juicy, melt in your mouth, white flesh that is richly flavoured. Matures in late autumn and stores very well. Deciduous.

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A very good late season pear that is an excellent keeper. Green skin with reddish russet patches. Fruit is small, the flesh buttery with a rich flavour. Prolific cropper. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. This is a nice small pear with yellow-green skin that is lightly russeted. The flesh is quite firm with a fine texture and good flavour. Sweet and juicy. Good for fresh eating or preserving. Produces good reliable crops. Deciduous.

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Grafted on Quince rootstock to keep compact / semi dwarfed. A popular heirloom American Pear that dates back to 1881. Small fruit with thin glossy yellow skin that is blushed red on the cheeks. Exceptional flavour with creamy-white, buttery, sweet and juicy flesh. Deciduous.

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