'Conference' Pear Tree Reviews

By a distance the UK's favourite pear tree, and probably a contender for favourite fruit tree, too! Grow in any size of garden (or in a pot). The unmistakable 'Conference' has the softest, melting flesh when ripe, bursting with juice and aromatic flavour. A very reliable performer in the UK climate, you can be assured of large crops of lovely, rounded pears within just two years. Harvest between September to October. One of the best choices for shadier, colder spots, and even north-facing walls, we recommend 'Conference' for Scotland and Northern areas of the UK. It can be trained as a cordon, fan or espalier. Is it any surprise that it's been awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit? Partially Self Fertile - Pollination Group 4. Will fruit better when pollinated by another Pear tree. To pollinate, they must be within a mile's radius of each other and flower at the same time. Look for pears in the same pollination group, or one either side, to pollinate each other. In built-up areas it is likely that there will be a suitable pollination partner within a mileMORE Quince A Rootstock: Max size H4m x W4m. Rootstocks restrict the size of a tree to make it more suited for an average gardenMORE Cordon Trained: Trained to be more compact growing only 2m tall and 1m wide. Cordons have been trained to grow up to a smaller height and also very thin. This makes them perfect for smaller garden spaces and also having multiple types of fruit without needing the space for several treesMORE Dwarf Option: Very compact max size H1.5m x W1m, perfect for pots. Dwarf trees are pruned and trained to be suitable for growing in pots, on patios. This means they will be fine with their growth being restricted and form a productive little treeMORE Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE Our mature trees are grown in Air-Pots®, the only type of pot to completely eliminate root circling. A unique design stimulates air pruning for a mass of healthy fibrous roots, which results in a healthy tree that will establish quickly in your garden. With each Air-Pot® made to last up to 20 years, we reuse them on the nursery and wrap your mature tree in hessian for delivery - but if you’d rather keep your tree potted, simply add an Air-Pot® to your basket along with your tree. Please note: this page includes selected AI-assisted imagery for illustrative purposes.