Old Fashioned Sugar Pear

Seckel Pear Tree

Old Fashioned Sugar Pear

Small, extra-sweet fruits with creamy flesh
Ideal for snacking, canning and spicing
Ripens in September

A longtime favorite for pickling and spicing, the Seckel Pear Tree bears small-to-medium, russeted golden-green fruits with red cheeks. Also called a candy pear or sugar pear, Seckel pears are extra sweet with just a hint of spice. Their smaller size makes them favorites for tucking into children's lunch boxes for a nutritious snack. Because of their sweetness, they're also a good dessert pear. The trees bear showy, white, fragrant spring blossoms, making them a good choice for the edible landscape. The fruits set on long-lived spurs, like apples. Fruits ripen in September. Self pollinating. Zones 4-8.

Estimated Shipping Date:

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on weight.

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Fruit Trees
3A-4A	3/24/25 - 6/6/25
4B	3/24/25 - 6/6/25
5A	3/10/25 - 6/6/25
5B	2/24/25 - 6/6/25
6A	2/23/25 - 6/6/25
6B	2/23/25 - 5/30/25
7A	2/3/25 - 5/30/25
7B	2/3/25 - 5/30/25
8A & B	2/4/25 - 5/9/25
9A & B	2/4/25 - 5/9/25
10A & B	2/4/25 - 5/9/25
Last Order Date	Zones 3A-7B: 6/2/25 Zones 8A-10B: 5/5/25

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

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Product Details

Botanical Name: Pyrus communis 'Seckel'
Height: 10 - 12 Feet
Spacing:Semi-Dwarf: 10 - 15 feet
Depth:Locate the planting depth indicator, the marked line above the tree's root system.
Spread:Semi-Dwarf: 8 - 10 feet
Light Required:Full Sun
Pollinator:Self-pollinating
Yield: Semi-Dwarf: 2-3 bushels at maturity.
Size: Semi-Dwarf 2-4 Ft
Blooms: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, All Spring
Fruit: Small, yellowish-brown fruit with pale russet and red cheeks.
Zone: 4-8