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PARAGON EUROPEAN PEAR

(7 customer reviews)

Price range: $39.95 through $55.95

Meet Paragon, a virtually unknown pear, who recently edged out Bartlett, to top the ‘overall liking’ list in a consumer preference study at the Oregon State University. In the 2021 project they had 219 die-hard pear lovers sampling 23 different varieties. They examined attributes ranging from taste to texture and juiciness to woodiness, with the ‘overall liking’ score measuring the participants’ gut reaction after biting into a slice of the fruit. Now that our own Paragon has started fruiting our gut reaction agrees with the Oregon study. Despite it’s unassuming appearance, this pear is a standout – juicy, honey-like sweet flavour, buttery texture, with thin, palatable skin. Paragon is a cross of Comice x Max Red Bartlett. Large green fruit turns yellowish with ripening and will store up to four months.

NEEDS A POLLENIZER | ZONE 4/5 | HARVEST: LATE SEPT.

Growing Tips

Pear Pollination Growing Tip

All European (regular) and Asian pears will pollinate each other providing their bloom times overlap. Generally you can go by the expected harvest time, meaning only the very early and the very late might not be compatible with each other. However, since Asian pears, on average, bloom earlier than Europeans, you might pair an early European with a mid or late Asian.


Product Overview
Pears (Pyrus communis) Pears are a great compliment to any home orchard. They usually require less maintenance than other fruit as far as pruning and spraying and tolerate heavy clay soils. Most pear orchards are gone, so Canada must import millions of pounds every years just to meet the present consumer demand. We chose this interesting collection of pears for their wonderful quality of fruit and because they are among the easiest for orchardists to grow organically. 1-2m (3-6') bareroot trees

7 reviews for PARAGON EUROPEAN PEAR

  1. Scott Matheson (verified owner) –

    Planted and ready to go

  2. Andrew (verified owner) –

  3. Valerie H. (verified owner) –

    All the whips arrived well protected, and we’ve followed planting instructions carefully. They’re all leafing out and some have flowers. It’s so exciting to watch this new small orchard begin. We ordered two more whips and a third grape ten days latter and they’re in the ground.

  4. William J. (verified owner) –

  5. Jason Yuke (verified owner) –

    Products are healthy and growing , great company

  6. Anonymous (verified owner) –

  7. Jessica (verified owner) –

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What is Orchard Grade?

An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

What is a 2 year old tree?

A '2 year old tree' is one that has grown an extra season in our nursery field.

All our trees are planted in the field in the spring as rootstock. They are grafted in August of the 1st year. Most of our trees are dug out in November of the 2nd year. Some trees are in the ground for another season. We dig these in November of the 3rd year. These are considered to be '2 year old trees'.

A '2 year old tree' has bigger roots, a thicker trunk, and more branching (They might start fruiting a year earlier).
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