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Blake's Pride Pear Scionwood (Spring 2025)


A delicious pear on a highly fireblight resistant tree.

Blake's Pride grows on an upright, spreading tree of moderate vigor. It takes four to six years to bear, but it is productive once established. The most notable horticultural feature of this tree is its excellent disease resistance; Blake's Pride was developed by the USDA with a view to breeding a pear that resists fireblight, the scourge of many other Pyrus comminis varieties. It is also resistant to pear scab, but slightly susceptible to powdery mildew. Blake's Pride is self-infertile and will require a pollenizer.

Blake's is a golden-yellow pear with attractive russet speckling. The neck is shortish, and the juicy flesh has a smooth, buttery texture. In terms of flavor and aroma, Blake's is an excellent, sweet eating pear, more comparable to Comice than Bartlett. This pear blooms one to four days before Bartlett and ripens after Bartlett, up to three weeks later in some regions, and it can be stored for up to four months. Blake's is also a suitable pear for canning and baking.

Blake's Pride was named in honor of Roland C. Blake, who worked at the USDA Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Volume Pricing

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Quantity Blake's Pride Pear Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $8.00
6-10 $7.00
11-99 $6.00
100+ $5.00

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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Blake's Pride grows on an upright, spreading tree of moderate vigor. It takes four to six years to bear, but it is productive once established. The most notable horticultural feature of this tree is its excellent disease resistance; Blake's Pride was developed by the USDA with a view to breeding a pear that resists fireblight, the scourge of many other Pyrus comminis varieties. It is also resistant to pear scab, but slightly susceptible to powdery mildew. Blake's Pride is self-infertile and will require a pollenizer.

Blake's is a golden-yellow pear with attractive russet speckling. The neck is shortish, and the juicy flesh has a smooth, buttery texture. In terms of flavor and aroma, Blake's is an excellent, sweet eating pear, more comparable to Comice than Bartlett. This pear blooms one to four days before Bartlett and ripens after Bartlett, up to three weeks later in some regions, and it can be stored for up to four months. Blake's is also a suitable pear for canning and baking.

Blake's Pride was named in honor of Roland C. Blake, who worked at the USDA Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Pear
Subcategory: European

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, baking, storage, canning
Storage duration: three plus months (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: off-white

Fruit Origins

Parentage: US 446 x US 505
Origin: USDA
Introduced in: 1999
Introduced by: Richard Bell, R. C. Blake, Tom Van der Zwet

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 800
Ripening date: Aug 30 (approximate, in New York State) + 10 days after Bartlett

Diseases & Pests

Fireblight: Resistant
Pear Scab: Resistant
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible

Pollination

Pollination Factors

Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

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