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Clapp's Favorite
Pyrus communis Clapp's Favorite
Hand pear
De Clapp 's Favorite is a tasty summer hand pear. Juicy and freshly sweet in taste. Also suitable for making pear puree.
Pollination
Cross-pollination with Conference of Doyenné du Comice.
Pruning
in the winter. Cut vertical branches (so -called lottery tickets). Forms a lot of weak -hanging wood after a few years, cutting it away.
Fertilization
In the autumn a rich gift of an organic fertilizer. When the fruit is rich in the summer, do it again.
Information about this species
Variety Pear Variety Clapp 's Favorite Place Sun/part shade Flowering time April/May Picking September Pruning December/March Height Low standard: 2.5m Half standard: 3 – 3.5m High standard: 3.5–4m