Rut Rage™ Winter Pear

***We were give this opportunity to share and name this variety from a well-known family in the hunting community. They’ve been hunting Whitetail from this grove of Winter Pear for over three generations. Many of these original pear trees still stand and still crop heavily annually, averaging 65-75’ in height and well over 20” in diameter at over 100 years old. This photo shows one of the side branches of an original tree.

Winter Pear is a general name for a late ripening pear. This variety is a very vigorous, self-fertile growing tree, with very good disease resistance. It produces a high-density, mid-sized pear. The fruit remains rock-hard until it begins to ripen and slowly drop in mid-to-late Fall during the first real hard frosts (typically October up to December). Wildlife Species: Whitetail.

Planting zones 4-8.