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Pyrus communis (European Pear)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 25295



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pyrus
Species: Pyrus communis
 
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Plant Types edit
  • Deciduous
  • Fruit
  • Tree
Zones / Hardiness edit
  • 2b (to -40 F / -40 C)
  • 3a (to -35 F / -37 C)
  • 3b (to -30 F / -34 C)
  • 4a (to -25 F / -32 C)
  • 4b (to -20 F / -29 C)
  • 5a (to -15 F / -26 C)
  • 5b (to -10 F / -23 C)
  • 6a (to -5 F / -21 C)
  • 6b (to 0 F / -18 C)
  • 7a (to 5 F / -15 C)
  • 7b (to 10 F / -12 C)
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Flowering Start edit
  • April
Flowering End edit
  • April
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  • Full Sun
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  • White
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  • Bees
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Jewell (5504) wrote on May 23 2009
Pear trees come in a wide variety of types and flavors used for fresh and canned fruit, juice, jams and jellies. The Bartlett is an old stand-by but is more rust prone than newer varieties. Root stock determines the over-all size of the tree which typically come in standard, semi-dwarf and dwarf.

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