One of our favorite Pears, Ubileen is a large, very early ripening, delicious and disease resistant variety from Yugoslavia. Very vigorous and productive, Ubileen bears baskets full of juicy and sweet, greenish fruit with a red blush. Ubileen ripens in late July, fully one month before most other European Pear varieties.

Latin Name: Pyrus communis

Class: European Varieties

Size at Maturity: 12-15 ft. in height.

Rootstock Description: A dwarf rootstock for European and Asian Pears, OHxF 513 rootstock produces trees 10-12 ft. in height. It induces early bearing and is hardy to approx. minus 25°F. OHxF 513 grows well in most soils.

Pollination: Plant at least two varieties for cross-pollination. Asian Pears can be used as pollinators, but the Chinese varieties often bloom too early to be effective.

Pests & Diseases: Our pear varieties show good disease resistance. We occasionally see damage from Codling Moth but harvest good crops every year from all of our varieties without spraying.

Hardiness: European Pears are hardy to approx. minus 25°F.

Bearing Age: 2nd or 3rd year after planting.

Bloom Time: April

Ripening Time: Late July

Yield: 50+ lbs.

USDA Zone: 4

Sunset Western Zone: 2-11, 14-18

Sunset Northeast Zone: 32, 34-41