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Pollination of Maxine pear trees

Maxine (Pyrus communis)  is in flowering group 4. Maxine is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Maxine in our catalog

• Aurora

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  An early-season American pear variety, related to Bartlett but with an improved flavor and better storage.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

• Bartlettin stock

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  A classic English pear, easy to grow, and a good flavor.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Beurre Boscin stock

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  A traditional French pear with buttery melting flesh.

  • Flowering group: 5
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Beurre d'Anjou

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  Beurre d'Anjou is a highly-regarded traditional French dessert pear with melting sweet flesh.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Blake's Pridein stock

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  A modern fireblight resistant pear, which ripens mid-season, about a week later than Bartlett.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking:

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Brandyin stock

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  A mid-season English perry pear which produces a low-tannin juice.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Buttin stock

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  Butt is a traditional English perry pear, with medium acidity and medium tannins.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Flemish Beautyin stock

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  A traditional European pear from Belgium, with the classic rich sweet buttery melting flesh. Flemish Beauty is also self-fertile and cold-hardy.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Gin

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  A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Very late

• Harrow Crispin stock

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  An attractive disease-resistant early-season pear with an orange flushed yellow skin, related to Bartlett and with a similar flavor.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Harrow Delightin stock

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  Harrow Delight is an early-season Bartlett-style pear with a sweet flavor and good disease-resistance.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Harrow Sweetin stock

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  A disease-resistant heavy-cropping late-season pear with an excellent sweet flavor for eating fresh.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Hendre Huffcap

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  A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. Makes a light, low-tannin perry.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Honeysweetin stock

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  Honeysweet is a self-fertile small late-season sweet pear, with buttery flesh, related to Seckel.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Hosuiin stock

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  Hosui has perhaps the best flavor of any Asian pear - it is very juicy and very sweet.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Vigorous

• Korean Giantin stock

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  Korean Giant (or O;ympic) has potentially the largest fruits of any Asian pear variety.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Vigorous

• Moonglowin stock

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  A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Niitaka

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  Niitaka is an Asian pear variety producing very large crisp russeted fruits.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

• Potomacin stock

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  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Red Clapp's Favoritein stock

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  A red form of Clapp's Favorite, also known as Kalle. The pears have a sweet flavor, and ripen in late summer.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Shenandoahin stock

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  Shenandoah is a late-season Bartlett-style pear, with a rich sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Shinkoin stock

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  A classic Asian pear, with large golden brown russeted fruits which have a crisp sweet flesh.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Vigorous

• Shinsuiin stock

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  A popular and productive early-season Asian pear with a glowing golden brown skin and a sweet flavor.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Vigorous

• Winnals Longdonin stock

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  A traditional English perry pear variety, which produces a low tannin perry.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous

• Yellow Huffcapin stock

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  A popular English perry pear which produces a good quality low-tannin / medium-acid perry.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking:

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Semi-vigorous