List of pear cultivars

Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known.[1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, or making perry. Those varieties marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Table of pears
Common name Synonyms Image Origin First developed Comment Use
Abate Fetel Abbé Fetel France after 1865 a major cultivar in Italy[2] Eating
Alexander Lucas
Ambrosia
AyersUnited Statesan interspecific P. communis× P. pyrifolia hybrid
BambinellaMalta
Black WorcesterEnglanda cooking pear that keeps wellCooking
Blake's Pride[3]United States1965[3]derived from a cross of US 446 x US 505, made by H.J. Brooks[3]
Blanquilla'pera de agua' and 'blanquilla de Aranjuez'Spain
Bon Rougecultivar derived from a rare, spontaneous bud mutation of the green pear cultivar William’s Bon Chretien[4]
BoscGood for eating, baking, cooking, broiling, especially poaching.
Beurré Hardy[5]Beurre HardyBoulogne-sur-Mer[6]c. 1820-1830
Butirra Precoce Morettini[7]Beurré précoce MorettiniFlorence, Italy1956cross between Coscia x Williams’ (Bartlett) made by Morettini
Carmen[8]
Cascade
Catillac
Churchland
Clairgeau
Clapp's FavouriteDorchester, Massachusettsc. 1860
Clara Frijsthought to be from the village of Skensved[9]c. 1858major cultivar in Denmark
ConcordeEnglanda seedling of 'Conference' × 'Doyenné du Comice
ConferenceSawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England1894
CorellaAustralialate 19th century[10][11]Barossa Valley in southern Australia by German settlers[10]
CosciaItalyvery early maturing cultivar
Claude BlanchetVienne, Isère, France by M BLANCHET[12]1877[12]Random seedling[12]
D'Anjou
Dessertnaja
Don GuindoSpainstrong yellow, flavoured taste
Doyenné du Comice ("Comice")Offered as "Royal Riviera Pears" by Harry & DavidFranceeating, especially with ripened cheeses, poorly suited to cooking
Dr. Jules Guyot
DuchessDyushes, DushesEnglandlate 18th c.[13]
DurondeauBelgium1820s
Earlibrite
EdenIsrael
Elektra
European (Pyrus communis)
Flemish BeautyFondante des Bois
Fondante d'AutomneFrancec. 1825An old Flemish variety raised by Fievee at Maubeuge[14]
Forelle
General Leclerc
Gerburg
Giffard
Glou MorceauBelgium1750
GourmetSouth DakotaMedium sized sweet fruit with a firm and crisp texture. Pollen-sterile[15]
Golden SpiceSmall fruit, very hardy[15]
GorhamUnited States
Harobig
Harovin Sundown
Harrow Crisp
Harrow DelightCanada
Harrow Gold
Harrow Red
Harrow SweetCanada
Harvest Queen
Hermann
Hortensia
Huntington
Isolda
Joséphine de MalinesBelgiumobtained by Esperen, pomologist and mayor of Malines in the 19th century; one of the best late season pears
KiefferUnited Statesa hybrid of the Chinese "sand pear", P. pyrifolia and probably 'Bartlett'
La FranceFrance
Lategale
Laxtons Superb'Englandno longer used due to high susceptibility to fireblight
Le Conte
Louise Bonne[16]Normandy, Francelate 1700s[17]
LusciousSouth DakotaSmall-medium Bartlett-like fruit. Pollen-sterile[15]
Merton PrideEngland1941
Moonglow
Chinese White Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)Nashi
Nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia)Asian / Japanese / Chinese / Korean / Taiwanese / sand pear
  • Kosui
  • Hosui
  • Nijisseiki
Kosui (幸水) (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta) Russet apple pear National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan c. 1959 the most important cultivar in Japan),[18][19] ('Russet pears') Cider, cooking, eating
Hosui (豊水) (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta)[20][21] 'Russet pears', Russet apple pear National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Japan c. 1972 Cider, cooking, eating
Nijisseiki (二十世紀) name means "20th century", also spelled 'Nijusseiki' (Pyrus pyrifolia subsp. culta)[22][23] Green pears Matsudo, Chiba, Japan c. 1888 Green apple pear Cider, cooking, eating
Onward[24]National Fruit Trials in Wisley, Surrey1947Laxton's Superb x Doyenne du Comice[25]Eating
Orcas[26]
OrientUnited Statesan interspecific P. communis × P. pyrifolia hybrid
Passe CrassaneFranceA variety developed by M. Boisbunel, a nurseryman from Rouen, France[27]
Packham'Packham's Triumph'Australia1896
PattenIowaLarge tender and juicy fruit[15]
ParkerLarge Bartlett-like fruit[15]
ParsonageNew Rochelle, New Yorkc. 1857
Pineapple[28][29]United Statesan interspecific P. communis × P. pyrifolia hybrid
RochaPêra RochaPortugal
RosemarieSouth Africabred from Bon Rouge and Forelle[30]
SeckelUnited States, Philadelphia arealate 17th centurystill produced, naturally resistant to fireblight.[31]
StarkrimsonRed Clapp'sMichigan1939a red-skinned bud mutation of Clapp's Favourite. Its thick, smooth skin is a uniform, bright and intense red, and its creamy flesh is sweet and aromatic.[32]
Stinking Bishop
SiberianExtremely hardy with inedible fruit, used as a pollinator[15]
Summer Beauty
SummercrispMinnesotaCrisp texture is similar to Asian Pears, medium sized mildly sweet fruit[15]
Sudduth
Taylor's goldNew Zealanda russeted mutant clone of 'Comice'
Tosca
Turandot
Uta
UreMorden, ManitobaJuicy, small-medium fruit[15]
Vicar of WinkfieldEnglanda green skinned cooking pearcooking
Virgouleuse
WilliamsWilliams' Bon Chrétien
Bartlett (United States)
Red Bartlett (United States)		Many are yellow. There are three major red-skinned mutant clones: 'Max Red Bartlett', 'Sensation Red Bartlett', 'Rosired Bartlett' Good for eating, baking, cooking. In a recipe specifying apples, substituting one of these pears can give joy.
Winter Nelis

Perry pears

Perry pears may be far too sour or bitter for fresh eating, but are used for making perry, the pear equivalent of the alcoholic beverage apple cider. Some pears (especially older ones from the U.S. and Canada) are used for both cider and eating purposes.

  • Black Worcester
    Black Worcester
  • Bosc
    Bosc
  • Conference
    Conference
  • D'Anjou
    D'Anjou
  • Forelle
    Forelle
  • European Pear
    European Pear
  • Le Conte
    Le Conte
  • Pêra Rocha
    Pêra Rocha
  • Pyrus pyrifolia
    Pyrus pyrifolia
  • Pyrus bretschneideri
    Pyrus bretschneideri
  • Williams (Bartlett)
    Williams (Bartlett)
  • Vicar of Winkfield
    Vicar of Winkfield

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