pear ‘Conference’ (pear) was £19.99 now £12.49
Position: full sun Soil: fertile, well-drained soil Rate of growth: average Flowering period: April Flower colour: pure white Other features: edible, yellowish green dessert pears Hardiness: fully hardy Pollination Group: B – flowering mid season This dessert pear tree is covered with pure white flowers in mid-spring, followed by delicious, long, yellowish green fruits. Broadly columnar in shape it’s ideal for an open, sunny site. Garden care: Pears naturally shed a small quantity of the developing fruits in mid summer. After this has occurred thin out the remaining pears, leaving one pear per cluster. Add a high-nitrogen feed in spring. Pollination Information: This pear belongs to pollination group B, so you will need need to plant one other different variety of pear to guarantee cross pollination, and a subsequent bumper crop. Ideally this should come from the same pollination group, however it is possible to use one from group A or C as well. Rootstock guide Quince A – will gfrow to 3.2m in approx 10 years Quince C – will gfrow to 2.8m in approx 10 years