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

Edible;  Staff Favorite;  Vigorous;  Full Shade;  Spring Bloomer;  Average Water