Editing Pyrus communis (section)

===Selected common pear cultivars===
Those marked {{smallcaps|agm}} have gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].
* '[[Abate Fetel]]' (syn. Abbé Fetel; a major cultivar in Italy)
* 'Ayers' (USA - an interspecific ''P. communis ''×'' P. pyrifolia'' hybrid from the University of Tennessee)
* 'Bambinella' (Malta)
* 'Beth' {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Beth' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1581 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509211712/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1581 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[:fr:Beurré Hardy|Beurré Hardy]]/[[:de:Gellerts Butterbirne|Gellerts Butterbirne]]
* 'Blake's Pride' (USA)
* 'Blanquilla' (or 'pera de agua' and 'blanquilla de Aranjuez', Spain)
* 'Butirra Precoce Morettini'
* 'Carmen'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sito.regione.campania.it/AGRICOLTURA/frutticoltura/liste_varietali_pero.pdf |title=Pero - in Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722010828/http://www.sito.regione.campania.it/AGRICOLTURA/frutticoltura/liste_varietali_pero.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22}}</ref>
* 'Clara Frijs' (major cultivar in Denmark)
* 'Concorde' (England - a seedling of 'Conference' × 'Doyenné du Comice) {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Comice' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1582 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509204334/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1582 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '[[Conference pear|Conference]]' (England, 1894; the most popular commercial variety in the UK) {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Conference' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1583 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509194411/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1583 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 'Corella' (Australia)
* 'Coscia' (very early maturing cultivar from Italy)
* 'Don Guindo' (Spain - strong yellow, flavoured taste)
* 'Doyenné du Comice' (France)
* 'Dr. Jules Guyot'
* 'Forelle' (Germany)
* 'Glou Morceau' (Belgium, 1750)
* 'Gorham' (USA)
* 'Gracioen' (Belgium)
* 'Harrow Delight' (Canada)
* 'Harrow Sweet' (Canada)
* 'Joséphine de Malines' (Belgium - obtained by Esperen, pomologist and mayor of Malines in the 19th century; one of the best late season pears) {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Joséphine de Malines' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5823 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509201421/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5823 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 'Kieffer' (USA - a hybrid of the Chinese "sand pear", ''P. pyrifolia'' and probably 'Bartlett')
* 'Laxton's Superb' (England; no longer used due to high susceptibility to [[fireblight]])
* 'Louise Bonne of Jersey' {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Louise Bonne of Jersey' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5995 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509191639/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5995 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 'Luscious' (USA)
* 'Merton Pride' (England, 1941)
* 'Onward' (UK) {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Onward' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4517 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509222827/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4517 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 'Orient' (USA - an interspecific ''P. communis ''×'' P. pyrifolia'' hybrid)
* 'Packham's Triumph' ([[Australia]], 1896)
* 'Pineapple' (USA - an interspecific ''P. communis ''×'' P. pyrifolia'' hybrid)
* 'Red Bartlett' (USA - There are three major red-skinned mutant clones: 'Max Red Bartlett', 'Sensation Red Bartlett', 'Rosired Bartlett')
* '[[Pêra Rocha|Rocha]]' (Portugal)
* 'Rosemarie' (South Africa)
* 'Seckel' (USA; late 17th century [[Philadelphia]] area; still produced, naturally resistant to [[fireblight]])<ref>U.S. Department of Agriculture. (September 2004.) [http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/PyrusCGCReport2004.pdf "''Pyrus'' Crop Germplasm Committee: Report and genetic vulnerability statement, September 2004"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010184121/http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/PyrusCGCReport2004.pdf |date=2008-10-10 }}. (Website.) Germ Resources Information Network (GRIN), pages 5-7, 10. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.</ref>
* 'Starkrimson', also called Red Clapp's, is a red-skinned 1939 Michigan bud mutation of Clapp's Favourite. Its thick, smooth skin is a uniform, bright and intense red, and its creamy flesh is sweet and aromatic.<ref>Dris, Ramdane, and S. Mohan Jain (editors.) (2004.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=NW6-jlOQ59cC&pg=PA274&dq=Starkrimson+pear&sig=BCkQ23WUNNQ-47SH_R3y9_5MiDw "Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops: Volume 3, Quality Handling and Evaluation"]. Springer, page 274, {{ISBN|978-1-4020-1700-1}}. Retrieved on 2007-10-10</ref>
* 'Summer Beauty'
* 'Sudduth'
* 'Taylor's Gold' (New Zealand - a russeted mutant clone of 'Comice')
* [[:fr:Triomphe de Vienne|Triomphe de Vienne]]
* '[[Williams pear|Williams Bonne Chrétienne]]' {{smallcaps|agm}}<ref>{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pyrus communis'' 'Williams Bonne Chretienne' |url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1584 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509192547/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1584 |url-status=dead }}</ref>