Harrow Delight pear tree

Pyrus communis 'Harrow Delight'

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• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pollination group: 3

Harrow Delight is an early season disease-resistant Bartlett-style pear. It usually has an attractive orange flush, and buttery melting flesh.

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How to grow

Harrow Delight is cold-hardy to zone 4.

Harrow Delight is a very productive variety, and will tend to over-produce. It is therefore important to thin the fruitlets in late May / early June, this improves fruit size and flavor, and stops the tree lapsing into bearing only in alternate years.

It is not self-fertile, but will readily cross-pollinate with many other mid-bloom pear varieties, including Bartlett.

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History

Harrow Delight (also known as AC Harrow Delight) was developed in the 1970s at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research station in Harrow, Ontario. The main focus of this program was disease-resistance, especially fireblight resistance. 

Harrow Delight characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonEarly
• UsesEating fresh
• Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
• General resistanceGood
• FireblightVery resistant
• ScabVery resistant
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originCanada
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flesh colourCream
• Fruit colorGreen - lightOrange flush

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