Blakes Pride

Blake's Pride is moderate in size, averaging almost 3 inches in diameter, with a short, upright stem on the fruit. Blake's Pride Pear is a new pear variety that offers great taste and fireblight resistance. Yield is moderate to high, with the first crop three to four years after planting. It harvests about three weeks after Bartlett and it stores very well. The Blake's Pride Pear tree fruit has a sweet, rich taste and aroma, and is lovely to look at as its skin is mostly golden and light-yellow. The tree for Blake's Pride is moderate in vigor and upright-spreading. Suggested pollinators are D'Anjou or Bartlet Pear. ... more