Habit:Columnar, occasionally thorny, deciduous tree

Height: 15m (50ft)   Width: 10m (30ft)

Leaf Descrption: Ovate to elliptic glossy dark green leaves, 10cm long. They have fine , forward pointing teeth.

Flowering: White flowers 4cm across often tinged pink in bud, are borne in umbel-like racemes of 5-9 in mid-spring. Followed by edible pear shaped to spherical, green to yellow fruit, 10cm long. Parent of numerous fruit bearing cultivars

Hardiness: Full hardy

Site Suitability: Grow in any well drained , fertile soilin full sun

Pest & Diseases: Susceptible to aphids, caterpillars, leaf midges and mites. Prone to fireblight, honey fungus powerdy mildew, brown rot and scab

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