Flemish Beauty 
 
Fruit ripening time: March
 
Pollination partners: Flemish Beauty is partially self-fertile, but will crop better when a pollination partner is present, such as: Beurre Hardy, Beurre Easter, Comice, Clapps Favourite, Conference, Josephine, Packham, Williams, 20th Century Pear Nashi, Chojuro
 
 
 
A highly regarded desert pear, with tender, melting flesh and a beautiful, sweet flavour. A well balanced and rich flavour, with a hint of musk. Excellent for fresh eating, baking, preserving and drying.
 
The fruit are medium to large in size with a green-yellow skin and a pink-red blush. The flesh is yellow-white, grained, buttery and juicy. The fruit will store well
 
 
 
Tree Size:
 
Dwarf Tree: 2 – 3 m high. Depending on pruning and the tree shape these pear trees can be kept as small as 2 m in height and planted as close as 50cm apart. Must be supported on a trellis or a stake
 
Semi-Dwarf: 3.5 - 4.5 m high
 
Full Size: 10 m +
 
Soil: Will adapt well to most soils, but heavy, moist soils are preferred to light, shallow soils.
Dwarf and semi-dwarf trees will not tolerate drought.
 
Will do best in well drained soils. Established trees can withstand wet conditions, but will not tolerate waterlogging. Prefer neutral to slightly acidic soils and do not like high pH soils
 
NOTE: The photo shows a generic picture of pears, these are not Flemish Beauty pears