Description
A smooth, sweet, juicy, delicious heirloom pear that is also highly fire-blight-resistant. Bartlett-type pear with very good quality; firm, sweet, juicy; snow-white flesh with no grit cells. Precocious (fast to fruit production) and very productive. Found in Ohio in 1930 and introduced to the nursery trade in 1945. Disease-resistant and hardy. Also known as “Starking Delicious.”
All of our pear trees are FIELD-GROWN for high-quality and have excellent, robust, natural root systems.
Recommended for ORGANIC GROWING
Uses: Fresh eating, juicing.
Resistant to: Appears highly disease resistant with zero fireblight.
Pollination: Most other pears should pollinate this variety.
Rootstock: Calleryana
Plant Size: CHOOSE BELOW
Zones 5-8