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Parker Pear - Pyrus 'Parker'

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Pyrus 'Parker'

Parker Pear

University of MN cultivar. Parker is a sweet tender pear that is very good for fresh eating, baking, desserts, and storing. It is a medium to large, roundish, yellow-bronze fruit with fine-grained, tender, and juicy flesh. Fruit must be picked before it ripens. Upright, vigorous growing tree bearing in mid-August.

  • »  Produces Indian red oblong pears, white flesh Ready for picking from late summer to early fall
  • »  Sweet taste and a crisp texture.
  • »  Used in the following ways:
  • »  Eating, Cooking, Baking, Preserves, and Canning

Use Patten to Pollinate.

Height
12 - 15 ft
Spread
6 - 8 ft
Zone
3-8
Categories
Edible Fruit
Tags
EdibleStaff FavoriteVigorousFull ShadeSpring BloomerAverage Water

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