Oak Summit Nursery
Golden Spice Pear Tree
Golden Spice Pear Tree
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$44.00 CAD
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Golden Spice pear was developed by the University of Minnesota and introduced in 1949. Its ancestry includes cold hardy Ussurian pear (Pyrus ussuriensis). Small, firm fruit is about 4.5 cm across, with yellow skin, a soft red blush, and crisp flesh with a sweet, mildly tart flavour. It is especially useful for canning, spicing, and baking, but can also be eaten fresh.
Golden Spice has good fire blight resistance and requires another compatible pear for reliable fruit set. Fruit ripens in late August.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Fruit
- Small, firm pears about 1¾ in across, yellow with a soft red blushCrisp, sweet and mildly tart
- Uses
- Canning, spicing and bakingAlso eaten fresh
- Mature size
- 15 to 20 ft tall and 10 to 15 ft wide
- Pollination
- Needs another compatible pear for reliable fruit
- Disease
- Good resistance to fire blight
- Site and soil
- Full sun and well drained soil
Ripening
Late August
Timing varies with season and site
More about this plant
From Minnesota
Golden Spice was developed by the University of Minnesota and introduced in 1949. Its ancestry includes the cold hardy Ussurian pear, Pyrus ussuriensis.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada