The highlights
- Bursting with juice and sweetness
- Award of Garden Merit winner (RHS)
- Excellent for poaching (or eating fresh)
- Harvest from late August
Description
- An English variety, also known as ‘Williams’ Bon Chrétien’, with large, yellow fruits which are very juicy and full of sweet, rich flavour. Tasty eaten fresh but one of the best for poaching too.
- A strong, reliable cropper, ‘Green Williams’ has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit for excellent performance.
- An early cropping variety, expect crops from late August.
- Max size H4m x W4m – Quince A Rootstock Rootstocks restrict the size of a tree to make it more suited for an average gardenMORE
- Partially Self Fertile – Pollination Group 3 Will fruit better when pollinated by another Pear tree. To pollinate, they must be within a mile’s radius of each other. They need to flower at the same time. Pears are in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won’t be a suitable pollination partner within a mileMORE
- Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming “leggy”, and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE
