Pear Williams Bon Chretien – Bare Root Tree
Pear Williams Bon Chretien, or more commonly known as ‘Williams’ produces superb yellow pears. It is a very early fruiting variety, the fruits are large and yellow with an excellent sweet and juicy flavour.
This delicious British bred pear is excellent for poaching and also for preserving, it is also very tasty eaten fresh from the tree from mid to late September.
This variety is partially self-fertile and it makes the ideal planting partner for other pear varieties in order to aid pollination and also increase the yield.
If you have room for just one tree then you should make sure there is another tree that is a suitable pollinator in a 2 mile radius.
Rootstock: Quince A
Flowering Group: FG5
Years until fruiting from planting: 2-4
Age of tree at despatch: 2
Height at full growth: 4m/13ft
Most of our trees are delivered as bare rooted specimens with approximate height of: 3.5ft – 5ft / 105cm – 140cm depending on the variety.
In order to ensure a good pollination pick fruit trees from within the same or from adjacent flowering groups.
We may prune your tree before it arrives to your door. We do this to encourage your tree to branch freely which makes them better looking and more productive.
