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Flordahome Pear fruit
The fruit
A mature pear tree
At mature size

Pears · Dave Wilson Nursery

Flordahome Pear

Pyrus communis ‘Flordahome’

A low-chill European-type pear with sweet, smooth, juicy fruit and early bloom for warm-winter regions.

2 varieties

Chill hours
Less than 400 hours
Harvest
Early summer in warm climates
Pollination
Partly self-fruitful; a compatible low-chill pear improves production
Mature size
Usually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size

Our pick for most gardens

5/8 inch caliper

A well-built tree with real branching. The usual pick when you want it to look like a tree the day it goes in.

$30
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Which one

Every pear side by side

Same fruit, different seasons and different jobs. Pick the row that fits your ground and your calendar.

VarietyHarvestChill hoursPollinationMature sizeGrownFrom
A low-chill European-type pear with sweet, smooth, juicy fruit and early bloom for warm-winter regions.Early summer in warm climatesLess than 400 hoursPartly self-fruitful; a compatible low-chill pear improves productionUsually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size125$30
A dependable heat-tolerant pear with good fire-blight resistance and firm, coarse-textured fruit suited to cooking and canning.Late summer to fallAbout 350 hoursSelf-fruitful; another pear can improve setUsually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size240$29

Counts are what the nursery is growing right now, across every trunk size.

Where this tree sits

The seven layers of a food forest

Lower canopy

Fruit trees kept below the tall ones. Most of this year's programme lives here, held to eight or ten feet by summer pruning.

Pears sit in this layer.

Every fruit in the 2027 order