Blake's Pride European Pear Tree – Fire Blight Resistant Bare Root Pyrus communis | Sweet Golden Pear Fruit

Grow delicious homegrown pears with this live Blake’s Pride European Pear Tree, shipped bare root and ready for planting. Developed in Kearneysville, West Virginia, this high-quality pear variety is prized for its attractive yellow to light-golden fruit, sweet flavor, and strong resistance to fire blight.

Ripening approximately 10–14 days after Bartlett pears, Blake’s Pride extends the harvest season while producing flavorful fruit ideal for fresh eating, baking, preserves, and home orchards. Hardy and productive, this pear tree is an excellent choice for backyard orchards, edible landscapes, and home gardeners seeking reliable disease-resistant fruit production.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Blake’s Pride European Pear Tree
✔️ Shipped bare root
✔️ Healthy, dormant fruit tree
✔️ Fire blight resistant variety
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Blake’s Pride Pear
• Botanical Name: Pyrus communis ‘Blake’s Pride’
• Plant Type: Deciduous fruit tree
• Growth Stage: Young grafted tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun preferred (6–8 hours daily)
• Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
• Watering: Moderate; water deeply during dry periods
• Mature Height: 12–18 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Harvest Season: Late season, 10–14 days after Bartlett
• Chill Hours: Approximately 800 hours
• Pollination: Requires pollinizer such as Bartlett, Harrow Delight, or Warren
• Container Friendly: Yes, with pruning and proper care

Care Tip

Soak bare roots before planting and choose a sunny location with good airflow to encourage healthy growth and strong fruit production. Annual pruning helps improve structure and harvest quality.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.