Harrow Delight pear
Harrow Delight is an improvement upon the classic Bartlett pear - it has large, buttery fruit with excellent flavour, but is resistant to common pear diseases, unlike Bartlett.
Its fruit ripens mid-August, just when the fruit begins to turn yellow. It is great eaten fresh, but is also great for dehydrating, cider, sauce, canning, and more. Like all pears trees, it is great for pollinators, as well as beautiful and ornamental.
Disease resistance: Highly resistant to pear scab, and fire blight, a deadly disease of pears and other pome fruits.
Pollination: Requires cross-pollination with a different pear cultivar. Read my article on fruit tree pollination for more information.
Parentage: One parent is Bartlett, and the other parent is a cross of Old Home and Early Sweet. Developed at the Harrow Research Station in southwestern Ontario. Propagated for trial in 1976, and publicly released in 1983.
Rootstock: OHxF 333, a semi-dwarf rootstock for pears. Confers some resistance to fire blight and is hardy to zone 4.
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