These are BARE ROOTED plants which can be planted from the end of October until April and will be dispatched as soon as the weather turns cold and they become dormant.The dispatch date depends on the Autumn temperature and varies from year to year. 'Beurre Hardy' is an excellent dessert variety with a full and distinctive flavour. Growing details: Common Name: Pear Genus: Pyrus Species: communis Cultivar: 'Beurre Hardy' Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light Rootstock: Quince A, 4-5m Description Prefers light well drained soil, and to be in full sunlight in a partially sheltered area.It is very ornamental in flower with branches covered with white blossom. The leaves of this variety also turn bright red in autumn. Pruning depends on the tree form and vigour of the rootstock and should be checked in a handbook. Pick the fruit while still hard in mid-September and leave to ripen in store.Conical fruit with a distinctive flavour. The leaves turn red in the autumn. Pick fruit in late August whilst quite hard.The connoisseur's pear. Pollination: It is not self-fertile and needs a pollination partner: Conference, Doyene Du Comice