General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Bosc Pear
  • Common Pear
  • European Pear
Also sold as:
  • Bosc
  • Kaiser Alexander
  • Kaiser
  • Calebasse Bosc

Photo Gallery
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2020-04-19

Date: c. 1841
illustration from 'Annales de flore et de pomone', 1841

Date: c. 1921
illustration from Hedrick's 'Pears of New York', 1921

Date: c. 1861
illustration by Mlle. E. Taillant from Decaisne's 'Le jardin frui

Date: 2012-12-27

Date: 2012-12-07

UK National Fruit Collection photo

Date: 2012-12-07

Date: 2012-12-27

Date: 2012-12-07
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-06
from the produce market
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-03-20

Date: 2012-11-19

Date: 2012-11-19

Date: 2013-08-09

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Pears Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Pears (Pyrus)

« The Pears Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page