FIVE PERFECT PEARS

1 ‘RED WILLIAMS’

A genetic mutation of the popular ‘Williams’ Bon Chretien’ variety, its attractive red fruit, above, is sweet and juicy.

2 ‘BETH’

Making its debut in 1938, the ‘Beth’ variety supplies heavy crops of small, sweet fruit with green-yellow skin.

3 ‘CONCORDE’

Bearing pale green fruit with buttery yellow flesh, this pear was developed in Kent and introduced in 1994.

4 ‘DOYENNE DU COMICE’

Developed in France in the 19th Century, this old-timer has large, roundish, green-yellow fruit marked with flushes of red.

5 ‘MERTON PRIDE’

This pear, first bred in Surrey in 1941, produces large, conical fruit that has lovely, creamy white flesh.