Kieffer Pear Tree

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

BLOOM SEASON

• Spring

GROWTH HABIT

• Upright

PLANT TYPE

• Color: Yellow
• Color: Red

COLOR

• Yellow
• Red

MATURE SIZE

• 15-25 ft. x 5-10 ft.

Tough, productive, and remarkably forgiving, Kieffer is the heirloom pear that keeps delivering through cold winters, Southern heat, and challenging growing conditions. The Kieffer Pear Tree produces heavy crops of firm, aromatic fruit with a distinctive spicy-sweet flavor that mellows beautifully after harvest. Exceptionally dependable and resistant to fire blight, these old-fashioned pears shine in baking, canning, preserves, pear butter, and spiced recipes.

• • For fresh eating, allow pears to sweeten indoors after harvest
• • Tolerates both hard winters and Southern heat
• • Partially self-pollinating; fruitful alone, better in pairs

PLANTING SEASON

• Spring
• Fall

PLANTING DEPTH

• Plant at the same depth as the nursery container

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 15 to 20 feet

HARDINESS ZONES

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9