Anjou Pear Tree
$89.99
Begins shipping mid-April.
Zones 5 - 8
Pollinator required to bear fruit
A classic keeping pear.
This variety strikes all the right chords: it’s sweet, dripping with juice and delicious to eat in any form. It’s cold-hardy, a strong grower and early bearer, plus the fruit will store for up to 7 months. A great performer! The pears are bright lime-green and very firm during the season, developing a tinge of yellow as they ripen. The flesh has a fine, smooth texture and gentle sweetness. Introduced to America in 1842. Ripens in late September.
Pollinator required: Choose Bartlett, Beurre Bosc or Starking® Delicious™.
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | White |
| Fruit Color | Green |
| Fruit Size | Large |
| Ripens/Harvest | Late September |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Taste | Sweet, Juicy |
| Soil pH Level | 6-7 |
| Product Type | Green Good |
| Genus Description | Prunus |
| Species Description | communis |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Years to Bear | 4-6 |
| Shade Level | Full Sun |
| Texture | Smooth, Firm |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 5-8 |
Size & Spacing
Pollination
This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.
Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Plant a different variety within 15 meters (50 feet) for best pollination.
How do I find my Hardiness Zone?
Canada’s Plant Hardiness Zones will tell you which plants will do well in your particular climate. Each zone is determined by the lowest average winter temperature recorded in a given area. Hardiness Zone information is included on all tree and plant product pages, so you know instantly whether a certain plant is likely to succeed where you live. Natural Resources Canada provides helpful options to find your zone:
Julie Robinson –
This angou pear tree is looking healthy and growing strong. Looking forward to pears in the future.
Randall Akulick –
I purchased this tree in 2018 as a bare root standard tree of a 5/8″ caliper. I potted it for six months in Miracle grow and kept it well watered in a protected area next to my home before planting it in the fall (had a bad drought that summer). It has grown well and is now about 12′ tall with a sturdy 2″ trunk. It bloomed in the very top this year for the first time, and made a few fruits – that later shriveled and fell off once it began leafing and branching profusely again this year. I expect it will produce a few fruits next year – right on par with what I have seen from some of other varieties of slightly older young pear trees I have growing near it. So far, it has required very little care other than the wire fencing protection from deer – which I have to use to protect all my fruit trees.
Nancy Morris –
Planted last year alive and growing. May give higher rating in future no fruit yet
Sam Parsons –
Arrived as a virtual stick. into 2nd year and still very little growth. Maybe Im expecting too much
Larry Hume –
The pears I bought from Starking, Red Anjou are 2 yrs old and are doing well, with a few fruit set.
WALTER PICKENS –
The Anjou pear I received from Stark Brothers last year is doing great. While I’m looking forward to having pears in the coming years, the tree is well shaped and is a beautiful ornamental at this time.