European pear
Pyrus communis
MediumSecondary
Production
A patient, long-lived workhorse of the orchard that rewards years of care with heavy, reliable crops. Needs a pollination partner and watch for fireblight.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Clay
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -28°C
- Min. rainfall
- 600 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Long-lived, upright fruit tree; winter-prune and train to an open centre. Often grafted onto quince rootstock for a smaller, earlier-fruiting tree.
Watch out for
Most cultivars need a compatible pollination partner and a winter chill period; highly susceptible to fireblight, so choose resistant varieties where possible.
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