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open-pollinated
Austin’s Red Pear
Also sold as: Austin's Red Pear, Austins Red Pear
American heirloom red pear cherry introduced through Seed Savers Exchange, producing firm juicy fruit on vigorous indeterminate vines.
- Shape
- Pear
- Fruit type
- Cherry
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Days to maturity
- 80 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium-high
- Flavour intensity
- Medium-high
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Cordon/stake strongly, the firm skin and pear shape make fruit useful for salads and snacking.
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