PEARS

Some of the following varieties are available, others only in testing. Call for more information.

EUROPEAN

European
Seckel	Also known as sugar pear. Small, sweet, flavorful, with somewhat astringent skin. Zone 5 but does well in a protected site for me.
Warden Seckel	Early in testing. Hopefully just a larger Seckel.
Bosc	Excellent flavor, good keeper, at the edge of its hardiness zone and ripening envelope, but worth it if you have a protected site.
Comice	Famous gourmet pear. Marginal here and temperamental everywhere, probably not worth the trouble- maybe by the lake.
Gourmet	Hardy, South Dakota introduction. Hardy Asian-European cross. Crisp like the former, rich flavor like the latter, ripens in September. Personal favorite.
Little Goat Herd	German introduction, small, flavorful fruit. Like Seckel, but even better.
Harrow Delight	Early in testing, developed in Harrow, Ontario for flavor in home orchards. Hopefully hardy and early enough ripening.
Harrow Sweet
Dillon Hardy
d'Angou	Still testing, zone 5-8, but does well in Missoula. Excellent winter storage pear, ripening just barely in time.
Luscious
Vermont Beauty
Patten	Hardy, Minnesota introduction, to replace the more tender Bartlett.
Aurora
Flemish Beauty
Summer Crisp	Popular northern pear, like Gourmet, but ripens earlier.
Bierschmidt
Summer Blood Birne (red flesh)	Early testing. Novelty European red-flesh fruit. Quality said to be good - not so with the poorly-stored one that I tried in Oregon.
Sanguinola Summer Blood (red flesh)
Nova
Shipova

Shinseiki
Korean Giant
20th Century Asian Pear
Shinsui