Pear Pollination Table

In general, pear trees need a different variety to act as a pollinator so you will get a good crop. A suitable pollinator can be a few hundred metres away and still be effective, and ornamental pear trees make excellent pollinators. There are some partly self fertile varieties which will give a reasonable crop without a pollinator, choose these if you only have room for one apple tree in your garden

Pears are placed in groups according to the time of year they flower. Most will pollinate one another if they are in the same group or an adjacent group e.g a group 2 variety can be pollinated by a pear from group 1, 2 or 3, but not a pear from group 4

SF = Partly self fertile

SS = self sterile, will not produce fruit on it's own