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Bartlett Pear Tree

(119 customer reviews)

$89.99

Begins shipping mid-April.

Zones 5 - 8

Is my location compatible?

Pollinator required to bear fruit

tree iconWhat size tree should I choose?
(119 customer reviews)

Begins shipping
mid-April

Zones 5 - 8

Is my location compatible?

Pollinator required to bear fruit

The most popular pear variety in the world.

The Bartlett pear (also known in areas of Europe as the Williams pear) is the most popular pear variety in the world. It is a European strain, as opposed to an oriental hybrid or an Asian pear. Bartletts are commonly eaten fresh and used in cooking and canning. The easy-to-grow tree is vigorous and grows quickly, producing a harvest in just 4-6 years.

Bartlett pear trees were imported to the U. S. in the 1790s and grown here by Enoch Bartlett, a fruit farmer in Massachusetts. His name became attached to the famous pear from that time forward. Now the pears are commercially grown in the Pacific Northwest and in California.

In mid- to early spring, the tree displays billows of white blossoms. As the pears form and mature, their color slowly changes from bright green to a light gold-yellow when the fruit is ripe.

Using Bartlett Pears

Bartlett pears are favored for their sweet taste and fragrance. They are also lovely to look at, with the classic pear shape, and hints of red behind the deep yellow skin. Pair the fresh fruit with cheese and wine for a tantalizing appetizer or with meats and sausages for a charcuterie.

These pears are also preferred for canning because of the ability of the fruit to hold its shape and retain its sweet flavor. Chefs and home cooks enjoy the firm quality of the pear, using it for baking desserts, such as crisps and pies. It is a valuable addition to savory dishes, including stuffings and roasted meats. Bartletts are a staple in many home pantries—they can be frozen, canned or dried so you can preserve your pear crop and enjoy it all through the winter months.

Pears are a good source of fiber and are rich in copper and vitamins C and K.

Growing the Bartlett Pear Tree

Bartlett pear trees require full sun and well-drained soil. The tree also needs enough chill hours below 45º (at least 800) to bear fruit. See below for more soil characteristics and USDA hardiness zones.

The tree requires a pollinating partner. Choose Blake’s Pride, Starking® Delicious™, Moonglow, Beurre Bosc or Stark® Honeysweet.

Plant a Bartlett pear tree so you can pick and enjoy your own fresh, homegrown fruit, as well as preserve your bountiful harvest!

Note: Bartlett is not a suitable pollinator for Seckel pear trees.

Characteristics

Bloom ColorWhite
Bloom TimeEarly-Mid
Fruit ColorYellow
Fruit SizeLarge
Ripens/HarvestLate August
Soil CompositionLoamy
TasteSpicy
TextureSmooth, Firm
Soil pH Level6-7
Soil MoistureWell Drained
Shade LevelFull Sun
Years to Bear4-6
Hardiness Zone Range5-8

Size & Spacing

Mature Size

Semi-Dwarf  3.5 – 4.5 m tall x 2.7 – 3.3 m wide (12 – 15′ tall x 9 – 11′ wide)

Recommended Spacing

Semi-Dwarf 3.5 – 4.5 m (12 – 15′)

Ship Height

Semi-Dwarf Supreme, Bare-root Ships 1 – 1.5 m tall (4 – 5′ tall) and/or with a 15.5 mm (5/8″) trunk.

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.

Recommended Pollinator: Blake’s Pride

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:

Find your zone by province and municipality »

Find your zone using an interactive map »

119 reviews for Bartlett Pear Tree

  1. Charlene Natale –

    Survived the winter and hopeful to possibly taste some fruit in a year or 2.

  2. Beverly Berdahl –

    Our Bartlett pear had great growth first year and is blossoming and leaving out – even earlier than our apples this spring! It makes me smile!

  3. Rhonda Pursley –

    Received them last year looked good packing great. They made it through our cold and snowy winter. They now have blooms on them and are very healthy.

  4. Fred Hunsaker –

    This pear tree is very prolific it’s going quite well has several leaves and it seems to be producing as the season starts

  5. JO SWIGER –

    We’ve had great success with this pear. Very happy.

  6. John Pandiscio –

    Growing well. Lots of new foliage. This looks like it will be a winner. I would buy more of these.

  7. Peggy Carda –

    The tree is only 2 yr old and is just leafing out. I do not think it will bloom this year but hope so. I am very satisfied with the trees..

  8. M BARNETT –

    We ordered this bare-root and it came to us with a main tap root and little else. Wasn’t sure it would make it through but came on strong as soon as the weather warmed up and has been vigorous ever since.

  9. Melinda Woolls –

    Received as ordered. Planted next day. Just grows slower than my other trees but so did my parents.

  10. Danny Bailey –

    I bought 2 barley pear 1 died about a year and half laterthe other 1 doing great about 4 foot tall

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Tree Sizes

It is essential that you choose the right size for your space. Whether you’re planting an acre, a suburban yard or a small urban plot, we’ve got the perfect size tree for you. When they mature, they will be one of three sizes*:

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Dwarf

Grows to be about 2.5-3 m (approximately 8-10′) tall and wide. Provides a bounty of full-sized fruit in a small amount of space.

semi-dwarf
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Semi-Dwarf

Grows to be about 3.5-4.5 m (approximately 12-15′) tall and wide. Produces the maximum crop per square foot of growing area. The majority of the fruit can be harvested from the ground, with no need for a ladder.

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Standard & Unmarked

Grows to be at least 5.5 m (approximately 18′) tall and wide. Standard nectarine and peach trees grow to be 3.5-4.5 m (approximately 12-15′) tall and wide. Standard trees serve two purposes: they provide both fruit and shade.

* Tree sizes may vary by variety.

Potted Trees

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EZ Start® Potted Trees

Trees that are grown in a bottomless 4x4x10″ pot, which encourages dense feeder-root growth for a quick, strong establishment. When shipped, they are about 1½ – 3′ tall.

Supreme EZ Start® Potted Trees

Top-grade trees are grown in a bottomless 5x5x12″ pot, which creates an advanced root system comparable to that of a three-year-old tree. When shipped to you, they are about 3 – 4′ tall.

Supreme XL Potted Trees

Our biggest and most robust potted trees. Grown in a 9x9x12″ pot filled with high-grade soil, these trees are even larger than our Supreme EZ Start® trees. When shipped to you, they are 4-5′ tall.

Bare-Root Trees

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Stark Supreme Tree®

This season’s top-grade, bare-root trees that give you a head start on growing. When shipped, they are about 4-5′ tall and/or with a 5/8″ or larger trunk diameter.

Supreme XL Trees

We don’t call them “XL” for nothing! Supreme XL trees are our biggest and most robust bare-root trees: they ship 5-6′ tall and/or with a 1″ or larger trunk diameter.

USDA Certified Organic Trees

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If you’re inclined toward organic gardening, browse our selection of non-GMO, certified USDA Organic fruit trees. Our fields and trees undergo annual inspection to maintain their certification, and are grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides on pure pastureland.

Grafted Trees

graft

Grafting is the process of taking cuttings from a single “parent” tree known for its fruit taste, size, bloom period and ripening time, and joining it with the root system and trunk base (rootstock) of another tree also known for its desirable qualities. This process has been used for thousands of years to produce fruit that is consistent in flavor, shape and size.

Most of our trees are grafted, creating this kind of consistency and allowing us to produce different mature tree sizes. While seed-grown fruit trees might give you unpredictable variations or a lack of results, grafted trees will give you the fruit you want and the tree size you expect.

Stark® Custom Graft® Trees

Limited space doesn’t have to mean a limited selection of fruit. Stark® Custom Graft® fruit trees have two (or more) varieties carefully grafted onto one tree. These multi-grafted fruit trees require less space to grow than separate trees, and also provide compatible pollinators — built right in! To ensure success growing multiple varieties on your Stark® Custom Graft® fruit trees, be sure to prune to keep all varieties in balance.

Other Terminology

Professional Pruning

Pruning is one of the most important ways to help ensure that your tree gets off to the right start and has the best chance for success. That’s why Stark Bro’s professionals prune many of our fruit trees before shipment — at no cost to you!

We get you started, but you will need to prune throughout the life of your tree. Doing so will help eliminate extra buds that can slow development and allow your tree to form a strong framework by removing weak, narrow and competing branches. Proper pruning will give your tree the perfect shape and branching structure for maximum fruit production.

Self-pollinating

Indicates tree or plant will pollinate itself and doesn’t need another tree or plant near it in order to bear fruit. In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You’ll get fruit with only one tree!

Starkspur®

A Stark patented product since 1952! “Spurs” mean bigger harvests! Starkspur® trees are different from regular trees which bear fruit only on the outside limbs. The spur allows fruit to form on each limb and bear from the trunk out – doubling the amount of fruit.

Stark® Colonnade®

Grow full-sized fruit on narrow columnar-shaped trees. Perfect for growing fruit on a balcony, patio, or sliver of ground – even if you live in an apartment or condo. They make a particularly impressive “living fence” when planted in a row – consider using them to disguise eyesores on your property and grow fruit at the same time!

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