London Sugar Pear variety

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London Sugar Pear variety.

Fruit Description – Fruit small size 5cm diameter. Skin, pale green, becoming yellow when ripe, with a brownish tinge when fully exposed to the sun. Falls from tree when ripe. Very early ripening, typically 12th July 2011. Does not keep.

Taste – Flesh, tender, melting, very juicy, sugary, and musky.

Problems – Very healthy tree, no known problems. Except as the fruits are very sweet, they tend to attract the wasps.

London Sugar Pear

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