Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Varieties
Avoid spraying as much and grow more organically with these varieties.

Pear

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Bartlett Pear

Bartlett Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Bartlett'
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

Bosc Pear

Bosc Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Bosc'
The Bosc Pear is medium to large, dark yellow fruit with brownish russeted skin and a long, gourd-shaped neck. It is tender, aromatic, jiucy, smooth textured and white fleshed with a rich, slightly acid flavor that is great for eating, baking and dry

Bosc- Golden Russet® Pear

Bosc- Golden Russet® Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Golden Russet® Bosc'
Golden Russet® Bosc Pear is a sport of the Bosc Pear and is long and symmetrical with a uniform, golden russet. It's flesh is yellowish-white and ripens about the same time as Anjou. The trees are large and vigorous.

Comice Pear

Comice Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Comice'
Comice pear is a premium dessert pear with rich, juicy, firm, sweet, fine-textured flesh. Fruit is large, broad based, narrow necked and greenish yellow with a red blush and light russet. This erratic cropper has large, very vigorous trees. Ripens

Concorde® Pear

Concorde® Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Concorde'
Concorde® is an excellent new fresh variety from England. It has very attractive, long yellow fruit. The fruit is medium sized with excellent crisp, white flesh. It has excellent flavor and keeps well. It ripens late in the season after Comice an

Flemish Beauty Pear

Flemish Beauty Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Flemish Beauty'
Grandpa's Choice(TM) Flemish Beauty Pear is an excellent hardy pear for cold locations. Large, roundish and uniform in size and shape. Reddish blushed color on a clear yellow skin. The yellowish-white flesh is firm, but tender--- becoming melting

Forelle Pear

Forelle Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Forelle'
Forelle pear is a small to medium sized winter pear that has a green background color, with red "trout-like" speckles. When ripe it turns a golden yellow with a bright red blush. The flesh is high quality and good for fresh eating. The fruit is kn

Harrow Delight Pear

Harrow Delight Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Harrow Delight'
Harrow Delight is an excellent, early ripening backyard pear. The fruit is medium size with an attractive red blush over a yellow background. The flesh is very smooth and less gritty than most pears. It is highly fire-blight resistant!! Ripens ne

Harrow Sweet Pear

Harrow Sweet Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Harrow Sweet'
Harrow Sweet is an excellent late season pear, ripening with Bosc. It is known for its high quality fruit and early production. It has very good cold hardiness and resistance to fire blight. The fruit is yellow skinned with a red blush and only a

Hosui Asian Pear

Hosui Asian Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus pyrifolia 'Hosui'
Hosui Asian Pear is an attractive fruit with golden russeted skin. It's flesh is firm, juicy, sweet, and mildly flavored with good quality. Trees are vigorous and spreading. Ripens from mid-August to late September depending on location.

Kieffer Pear

Kieffer Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Kieffer'
Grandpa's Nature Friendly™ Kieffer pear is an old-time favorite of pear lovers. It has large, long golden-yellow fruit often with a some crimson blush. It has crisp, jiucy, white flesh that is slightly course, with a musky aroma. It i

Luscious Pear

Luscious Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Luscious'
Luscious pear is very hardy and resistant to fire blight. It is an excellent dessert pear, but not well suited to canning. The fruit is medium size, bright yellow with a little red blush. Flavor is similar but

Moonglow Pear

Moonglow Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Moonglow'
Grandpa's Nature's Friendly™ Moonglow Pear is for home gardens. It is a medium-large, dull yellow fruit with a pink blush and it's white flesh is mildly juicy, soft and has a smooth texture. It's excellent, mild flavor with almost no gri

Red Anjou Pear

Red Anjou Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'RedAnjou'
Red Anjou Pear is a favorite European winter eating pear with large, conical, short-necked fruit that is light green with slightly brown russeting. It has mild, fine textured white flesh with a delicate aroma. Trees are large, vigorous, hardy, very p

Red Bartlett Pear

Red Bartlett Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Red Bartlett'
Sensation Red Bartlett is a highly red colored strain of Bartlett pear that has all the same qualities as its parent. It is redder and more attractive though. Ripens along with regular green Bartlett.

Red Clapp's Pear

Red Clapp's Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Kalle'
Red Clapp's Pear is a highly colored strain of the regular Clapp's Favorite pear. It ripens in mid-summer and is a juicy, sweet fruit with all the good and bad qualities of its parent.

Seckel Pear

Seckel Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Seckel'
Seckel is commonly called a Sugar Pear and although it isn't the prettiest fruit, it is one of the best quality dessert pears. It is small and yellowish brown with fine grained, smooth, and extremely sweet juicy flesh. It has a distinctive, spicy, ri

Shinseiki Asian Pear

Shinseiki Asian Pear

Botanical Name: Pyrus pyrifolia 'Shinseiki'
Shineseiki Asian Pear is an early season Asian pear with yellow skin and very little russet. The fruit is medium in size with smooth creamy white flesh and a sweet, mild taste. Shinseiki is one of the earliest asian pears, ripening in mid-summer a co