• »  Bartlett Pear is almost everyone's favorite!

Grandpa's Choice™ Barlett Pear is the "gold" standard of pears. A favorite dessert and canning pear, it's large fruit has a smooth, attractive appearance that is highlighted by its golden color and classic shape. It is smooth, juicy and white fleshed, with just a bit of tartness. These long-lived trees are medium sized, compact, upright and highly productive early bearers of fruit that ripen in mid-August to mid-September.

One of America's leading commercial varieties that takes up 75% of all U.S. and Canadian production. Introduced from England in 1797. Grandpa may have grow some of the Bartlett pears that went into your baby food!

Bartlett is one of the easiest pears to grow. It takes very little care in the backyard orchard. It seems like the less you do to it, the better the tree will survive. Bartlett is susceptible to fire blight so fertilize sparingly and prune only a little bit, if at all. There are a lot of abandoned Bartlett pear trees that outlived Grandpa! Bartlett partially self-fruitful and is an excellent pollinator for any other variety.

Height

10-15

Spread

8-12

Zone

5-8

Color

Greenish yellow

Categories

Pear--- European varieties, 

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