New member resurrecting this thread to see if anyone has had any updates on their perry pear production.
I have some acreage in North Central WA and am thinking of putting in some perry pear trees.
I live in W. WA and not too far from Biringer Nursery and wondeing if we aggregated an order if they would be more interested if a bunch of us went in on an order. I could arrange to take delivery directly.
Jim
I am in southern Oregon zone 8a. I planted 3 perry pears 5 years agoâall on Oxfm333 semidwarf rootstock. Barland, Hendre Huffcap, and Winnals Longdon. Just getting my first crop now. Trees appear to be fireblight resistant with minimal spraying. Still looking for scionwood of Planta Blanc of French origin as most of my cider apples are also French varieties.
I missed this thread somehow⌠Once upon a time I grew many perry pears in the mid-Atlantic. They were no worse than other pears for fireblight, no big problems. I had too many pears in the space so removed them before they fruited.
I donât know anything about them but this is awesome. None astringency, as good as cider. at least to me.
ACE is tasty when you want something sweet, but I wouldnât consider ACE Perry a true Perry. Itâs really a cider. I read the description at a wine store and it says it is made with a cider base and pear âessenceâ is added.
I better begin reading. Hey thanks for that.
Hey Barkslip I have those exact same shoes! I use them as my house slippers 
I wear them in the snow. I kid you not. They never come off!
Perry is gaining in popularity but letâs face it the UK has more information than we do since Perry is very popular there. These photos are not mine they belong to this website Pear from Frank P Matthews
Photos of perry pears are very difficult to find
Blackeny red
Anyone pursue perry pears further?
I have grafted yellow huffcap and i am collecting from some old wild pears that taste like they will make good perry. Last year I mixed Bartlett with wild crabapples high in tannins. It made a VERY good wine. These are the wild pears I collected today:
Those look like they would be great for perry. Let us know how things turn out or document the process if you have time. Thatâs a big load of fruit! Looks very delicious!
I just finished restoring my cider press, so I had to get a load of fruit ready.
Can you remember the rough proportion of each?
I donât have notes on that batch, but I usually have about 30 lbs of fruit in a 5 gallon batch and is seems like I had 5 or 7 lbs of small crabapples. I bottled after almost a year in carboys and primed for carbonation. It was like pear champagne. Come to think of it, I must have added sugar to up the alcohol content to around 10%.
Wow take a look at Durondeau and humbug stripy!
Want to grow these just to look at! Look at Jargonelle
Old perry pear trees are fascinating to me as well like the one below
I planted a Butte Perry tree in early spring, together with Plumblee and Warren. Warren has been growing through the summer, Plumblee stopped in the heat of the summer, but looks healthy. Butte lost most of its leaves in the summer, black blotches, looks like Blackrot. It comes out now again. But looks like not suitable for the Deep South (northern FL). I may try to use bitter sharp cider apples and blend them with desert pears to make a Perry/cider blend.
Here are the Perry pears per the database list.
Arlingham Squash
Barland
Barnet
Bartestree Squash
Beetroot Clows Top
Beetroot Wick Court Alex
Beetroot Wick Court Ella
Beetroot Wick Court Eric
Bergamy
Berllanderi Green
Berllanderi Red
Betty Prosser
Bird Pear
Blakeney Red
Blood Pear
Boy Pear
Brandy
Brinarl
Brown Bess
Bunch
Burgundy
Butt
Butter Pear
Buttersend Pear
Cannock
Capel Hir Early
Catillac
Catillac
Catillac
Chapmanâs Orange
Christmas Pear
Ciphrous
Claret
Clusters
Coppy
Cowslip
Cygnet
Darell Wick
Dead Boy
Dead Dog
Dua
Ducksbarn
Early Blunt Red
Early Griffin
Early Hay Pear
Early St Brides
Ellisâ Coppy
Felix
Flakey Bark
Gennet (Laurel)
Gin
Ginnybrook
Green Horse
Green Longdon
Green Olive
Green Roller
Greggâs Pit
Gwehelog
Gwehelog Red
Hampton Rough
Harley Gum
Hartpury Green
Hastings
Hawkes Hill
Hellenâs Green
Hendre Huffcap
High Pear
Hillend Green
Holme Lacy Pear
Holmer
Honeydew
Hosui
Island Gennet
Jenkinâs Red
Judge Amphlett
Knapper
Kosui
Littlecross Huffcap
Littleton Late Treacle
Lullam
Lumber
Merrylegs
Moorcroft
Moorcroft
Nailer
New Meadow
Newbridge
Nijisseiki
Normannischen Ciderbirne
Old Pear
Oldfield
Oldfield
Packhorse
Painted Lady
Parsonage
Penny Pear
Pine
Pint
Potato Pear
Queenâs Wick View
Red Longdon
Red Pear
Rock
Rock (Wick Court form)
Sack
Snake Pole
Speart Pear
Stanton Wick
Staunton Squash
Strawberry Pear
Summer Blood Birne
Swan Egg
Sweet Huffcap
Taynton Squash Early
Taynton Squash Late
Teddington Green
Teegar
Tettenhall Dick
Thorn
Thurstonâs Red
Tirley Brown
Tumper
Turnerâs Barn
Water Lugg
Welsh Gin
White Bache
White Longdon
Whiteheads Crab
Wick Crab
Wick Early Browning
Wick Early Clutterbuck
Wick Early Godsell
Wick Early Martin
Wick Early Pickering
Wick Early Vick
Winnalâs Longdon
Workman Wick
Yate Wick
Yellow Huffcap
Zealous Wick
