Beurre Hardy' is an excellent dessert variety with a full and distinctive flavour.

Growing details:

Common Name: Pear

Genus: Pyrus

Species: communis

Cultivar: 'Beurre Hardy'

Skill Level: Beginner

Exposure: Full sun

Hardiness: Hardy

Soil type: Well-drained/light

Rootstock: Quince A, 4-5m

Description

Prefers light well drained soil, and to be in full sunlight in a partially sheltered area.It is very ornamental in flower with branches covered with white blossom. The leaves of this variety also turn bright red in autumn. Pruning depends on the tree form and vigour of the rootstock and should be checked in a handbook. Pick the fruit while still hard in mid-September and leave to ripen in store.Conical fruit with a distinctive flavour. The leaves turn red in the autumn. Pick fruit in late August whilst quite hard.The connoisseur's pear.

Pollination:

It is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner:

Conference, Doyene Du Comice