Pears Pyrus communis. The hardy fruits of both dessert and culinary cultivars offer a great variety of flavours and textures.
The most common ways of growing them are bush trees ie. Standards, Half-standards and Dwarf bush. They are also grown in restricted forms such as Espaliers and Cordons.
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Potager in winter
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Potager in winter
2323
Cordon Pear 'Louise Beurre de Jersey'
857
Pear 'Beurre Jean van Geert'
1701
An over-laden branch of pears supported by a rope
813
Pear 'Catillac'
1923
Harvesting pears, Pyrus communis 'Williams Bon Chretien'
2324
Cordon Pear 'Beurre Giffard'
3581
Spraying a Williams Pear tree with fungicide early spring
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Pear blossom 'Williams bon Chretien'
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Spreading a granular fertilizer around the base of a pear tree, lightly fork over and water in
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Pruning a Conference pear tree using a long handled pruner
18093
Pear 'Winter Nelis'
2338
Cordon pears growing against a wall
18096
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Doyenne du Comice'
18099
Pear Pyrus communis 'Williams Bon Chretien'
18114
Pear 'Red Comice'
18154
Double cordon Pear 'Beurre Superior'
18644
Pear 'Beurre D'Arenberg' in blossom trained into a cylindrical shape
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Pear 'Louise Bonne of Jersey' in blossom and trained into a cylindrical shape with pear 'Onward' behind, trained into a cone shape
26238
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Black Worcester'
26225
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Conference'
28448
Pear 'Packman's Triumph'
26226
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Conference'
28447
Pear 'Catillac'
28446
Pear 'Catillac'
28580
Pear tree in blossom at Villandry
28443
Pear 'Forelle'
28442
Pear 'Forelle'
35853
Espalier pear trees and Cardoons growing in the kitchen garden
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Pyrus communis 'Concorde' AGM
28398
Pyrus communis 'Conference' AGM
26855
Training double cordons
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Pear, Pyrus communis 'Doyenne du Comice'
26239
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Black Worcester'
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Espalier pear trees in a moderns kitchen garden
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Pyrus communis 'Duchesse d'Angouleme
28402
Pyrus communis 'Canal Red'
26854
Training a double cordon
28397
Pyrus communis 'Louise Bonne of Jersey' AGM
28441
Pear 'St Germain'
28401
Pyrus communis 'Vicar of Winkley'
28400
Pyrus communis 'Bellissime d'Hiver'
26856
Fan trained Morello pear
28404
Pyrus communis 'Duchesse d'Angouleme
26227
Pear, Pyrus communis 'Conference'
28445
Pear 'Beurre Jean Van Geert'
22023
Storing pears in boxes
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Rustic wooden seat underneath a pear tree with wooden bird table.
28444
Pear 'Beurre Jean Van Geert'
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Quadruple cordon of pears under planted with nasturtiums.
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Tree seat made from chestnut hurdles around a pear tree and hanging bird table.