'Bartlett' (Williams) is the most common pear cultivar in the world, representing about 75% of US pear production. Major cultivars In the United States, 95% of reported pear production in 2004 came from four cultivars: 50% Williams' Bon Chrétien (England, circa 1770; a summer pear commonly called Bartlett in the US and Canada, and Williams elsewhere) 34% Beurré d'Anjou (France, a winter pear commonly called just d'Anjou) 10% Beurré Bosc (France, also known as Kaiser Alexander, a winter pear commonly called just Bosc or Kaiser) 1% Doyenné du Comice (France, 1849; commonly called Comice pears) Selected common pear cultivars Those marked 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' Beurré Hardy/Gellerts Butterbirne 'Blake's Pride' (USA) 'Blanquilla' (or 'pera de agua' and 'blanquilla de Aranjuez', Spain) 'Butirra Precoce Morettini' 'Carmen' 'Clara Frijs' (major cultivar in Denmark) 'Concorde' (England - a seedling of 'Conference' × 'Doyenné du Comice) 'Conference' (England, 1894; the most popular commercial variety in the UK) '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) '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' 'Luscious' (USA) 'Merton Pride' (England, 1941) 'Onward' (UK) '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') 'Rocha' (Portugal) 'Rosemarie' (South Africa) 'Seckel' (USA; late 17th century Philadelphia area; still produced, naturally resistant to fireblight) '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. 'Summer Beauty' 'Sudduth' 'Taylor's Gold' (New Zealand - a russeted mutant clone