Poirier PARAGON Semi-Dwarf (OHxF87) Mûriers et framboisiers The flowers are self-fertile

The flowers are self-fertile

This tree produces a bountiful crop of fruit as far north as Canada

Large shiny fruit of good size

In the wild

Poirier PARAGON Semi-Dwarf (OHxF87) Mûriers et framboisiers The flowers are self-fertileMeet Paragon, a virtually unknown pear, who recently edged out Bartlett, to top the overall liking list in a consumer preference study at the Oregon State University. In the 2021 project they had 219 die hard pear lovers sampling 23 different varieties. They examined attributes ranging from taste to texture and juiciness to woodiness, with the overall liking score measuring the participants gut reaction after biting into a slice of the fruit. Now that