Botanical Name | Pyrus 'Orcas' |
Mature Height | 10 Feet |
Mature Width | 5 Feet |
Light Requirement | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Hardiness Zone | Zones 4-8 |
Tolerance | N/A |
Attracts | N/A |
ℹ A truly superior Pear with exceptional texture and juicy flavor! Discovered on Orcas Island, Washington, the Orcas Pear Tree is a highly productive, Hardy and disease-resistant variety. The Orcas Pear Tree produces bountiful crops of very large and highly appealing, rosy blushed, yellow pears with a very smooth, sweet, and juicy buttery flesh! Non grainy, upon biting into one of these decadent pears the flesh pretty much melts in your mouth and the juice holds a brightness and sweetness, usually found only in winter pears. Excellent for fresh eating, canning and drying, Orcas Pear is very reliable and productive and ripens in early to mid-September. These beautiful and tasty Pears can weigh of 1 lb. each! Cross Pollinate with Red Clapp's Pear Tree or our Combination pear Tree.