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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref N2

Tree Details   
Grid Ref
N2
Tree Type Pear
Variety Conference
Rootstock Quince A
Date Planted 18 March 2010
Tree Description The most reliable of all pears. A long pale green fruit with silvery russet. Prolific and fertile, it will set a crop alone but the fruit is better if pollinated by another variety. A late October and November pear.
Comments Suggested by EK.
Orchard Map
No, no the mind I love must still have wild places - a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass   ("Katherine Mansfield Notebooks".)