Zone 4 Pear Trees

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Eight pears rated hardy through all of zone 4, down to -30°F.

More About Zone 4 Pears

Hardy through all of zone 4: Beurré Giffard, Clapp's Favorite, Concorde, D'Anjou, Golden Russet Bosc, Harrow Sweet, Honeysweet and Ubileen.

Concorde and Honeysweet are self-fertile. Beurré Giffard and D'Anjou set some fruit alone and more with a partner. The rest need a second variety blooming at the same time. Our pear pollination map shows which ones bloom together.

Late bloomers, which give you better odds in a frost pocket: Clapp's Favorite, Concorde and Golden Russet Bosc. Good keepers: Concorde, D'Anjou, Golden Russet Bosc and Harrow Sweet.

Other zones: Zone 2 Pears · Zone 3 Pears · Everything for Zone 4.

Questions We Get

What does zone 4 mean on your scale?

On our MFTC scale, zone 4 means the coldest night you should plan for (the 1-in-30-year low) falls between -30°F and -20°F. Zone 4a runs -30°F to -25°F and zone 4b runs -25°F to -20°F. That is colder than a USDA zone 4, which is built on the average yearly low, so run your address through our cold hardiness calculator instead of going off a USDA map.