{"id":611974119750,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/pear-tree-pollination-groups-chart\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:08","slug":"pear-tree-pollination-groups-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/pear-tree-pollination-groups-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Pear Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choosing Pollination Partners for Pear Trees <\/h2>

Use our easy pollination checking tool<\/a> to quickly find pollination partners for a given pear tree<\/a>, or browse the table below.<\/p>

To make fruit, most pear trees need to be cross-pollinated with another variety that is in flower at the same time; even self-fertile varieties produce better crops with a partner. <\/p>

Pollination groups<\/strong> represent flowering periods.
A pear tree can cross-pollinate with any tree in its own group or a group next to it on the table.
For example, a tree in group B can cross-pollinate with trees in groups A, B, and C \u2013 that\u2019s all of them!<\/p>

Pear Tree Pollination Group Chart<\/h3>
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nUse<\/th>\nHarvest<\/th>\nPollination Group<\/th>\nFertility Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Conference<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nA<\/td>\nPartially Self Fertile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louise Bonne of Jersey<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nA<\/td>\nIncompatible with Williams Bon Chretien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beth<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nEarly<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beurre Hardy<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nA poor pollinator for all other pears<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandy<\/td>\nPerry<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glou Morceau<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merton Pride<\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nEarly<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nTriploid: cannot pollinate other trees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams bon Chretien<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nEarly<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nIncompatible with Sensation & Louise Bonne of Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winter Nelis<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nLate<\/td>\nB<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cannock<\/td>\nPerry<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concorde<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nSelf Fertile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doyenne du Comice<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nIncompatible with Onward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gieser Wildeman<\/td>\nCooking<\/td>\nLate<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humbug<\/a><\/td>\nEating \/ Cooking<\/td>\nLate<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Invincible<\/a><\/td>\nEating \/ Cooking<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onward<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nIncompatible with Doyenne du Comice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sensation<\/a><\/td>\nEating<\/td>\nEarly<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nIncompatible with Williams Bon Chretien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hellens Early<\/td>\nEating \/ Cooking<\/td>\nMid<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n
Letters are interchangeable with numbers, e.g. Group C = Group 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Flowering Dates vs Harvest Dates<\/h4>

Your pear tree\u2019s flowering group is not connected with the date when the fruit ripens.
For example, Sensation is in pollination group C, but crops before Conference in pollination group A.<\/p>

Which Pear Trees are Self Fertile?<\/h4>

Pears aren\u2019t good at pollinating themselves. <\/p>