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Comice Pear

Pyrus communis

SKU #06152
5-9

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Description Introduced in France in 1849, this favorite is often found in fancy fruit gift packs, and considered the best tasting Pear variety. Its large, greenish-yellow fruit is blushed with red and has a sweet, juicy flavor. Lovely, white blooms appear early-to-mid spring. Fruit can be harvested beginning in late September. It is self-fertile in the arid West, but produces much better with a pollenizer such as Bartlett in the more humid East. Requires 500 to 600 chilling hours.
Light Full sun
Watering Requires regular watering.
Blooms Spring
Mature Size Reaches 30 to 40 ft. tall and 25 ft. wide.
DETAILS
Deciduous/Evergreen Deciduous
Special Features Attracts Butterflies, Edible
Growth Rate Moderate
Flower Attributes Showy Flowers
STYLE
Flower Color Yellow
Foliage Color Green
CARE
Care Use as shade or street trees. Adaptable to most soils, including clay. Tolerant of air pollution, drought and wind. For optimum fruit crops, schedule regular fertilizing, pruning, and supplemental watering in arid climates. Prune in late winter or early spring to shape or to remove damaged or crowded branches.

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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.