Pear trees

Humbug

A modern pear variety from the Ukraine, notable for its distinctive green and yellow stiped skin. Young shoots also have a variegated appearance in winter.

The relatively thick skin allows this pear to kept in a cold store for use in the winter.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Humbug pear trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

2-year bush-tree -12L pot - Quince C rootstock
Mature height: Medium (2.5m - 3m)
£42.00
2-year bush-tree -12L pot - Quince A rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£42.00

Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

1-year -Bare-root - Quince A rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£32.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Growing

  • Overall disease resistance: Average
  • Cropping: Good
  • Fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening

Uses

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Varigated
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: Ukraine
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999

Climate


Pollination guide for Humbug pear trees

Humbug is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other pear trees.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.



Historical details

From the Ukraine.

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