Conference Pear Origin Date_1600s Good pollinizer

Good pollinizer

The Red d' Anjou pear tree originated as naturally occurring bud sport found on Green D'Anjou pear tree

According to apple historian

Origin Date: Minnesota 1868

Sweet with a sprightly twist

Conference Pear Origin Date_1600s Good pollinizerUSDA Certified Organic The Conference pear tree is one of the first English pears of note to arise from controlled breeding program in England in the 1800's The Conference pear tree was bred by Thomas Francis Rivers at his family nursery in England. He first announced it to the public at a 'Pear Congress' in 1885, which had been advertised as a 'Pear Conference', the name he settled with, but it could have easily been called the Congress pear. The