Conference is a very reliable and high yielding gardeners favourite The medium sized pears have pale yellow flesh which is melting juicy sweet and full of flavour

A guide to pollination groups

Most fruit trees need another tree in the vicinity in flower at the same time for pollination The flowering time is given a pollination group letter A E There is some flowering overlap between adjacent letters so a pear in group B can be pollinated ideally with another from the same group but can also be pollinated from the group either side in this example group A or C

A guide to rootstocks

Pears are grafted onto two rootstocks although some varieties may only be available on Quince A

Quince A moderately vigorous height 3545m planting distance between trees 4m
Quince C semi dwarfing height 2535m planting distance between trees 3m

Pears require a sunny sheltered position and deep well drained soil