A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
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
Quantity | Blake's Pride Pear Scion |
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1 | $12.00 |
2-5 | $8.00 |
6-10 | $7.00 |
11-99 | $6.00 |
100+ | $5.00 |
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
glossary
Fireblight: Resistant
Pear Scab: Resistant
Powdery Mildew: Susceptible
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 3
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Pollination Partners
This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Blake's Pride Pear. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.
Tree | Currently in Stock |
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Bartlett Pear | 0 |
Summercrisp Pear | 0 |
Aurora Pear | 0 |
Rogue Red Pear | 0 |
Potomac Pear | 0 |
Gem Pear | 0 |
Harvest Queen Pear | 0 |
Harrow Delight Pear | 0 |
Flemish Beauty Pear | 0 |
Early Morettini Pear | 0 |
Honeysweet (pear) Pear | 0 |
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