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Hudar pear seeds ready for stratification
  • Hudar pear seeds ready for stratification
  • Hudar pear seeds ready for stratification
Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP

Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP

$50.00

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Pollination Needs a partner
Bloom group 4 of 7 (Mid)
Pear Pollination Chart
Ripening

Will it finish before your first hard freeze?

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Disease resistanceNot tested yet
  • Fire blight : Unknown, no published data yet
  • Pear scab : Unknown, no published data yet

Scored 1 to 5. Higher resists better, and ? means no published data yet.

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At a glance: Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP seed, rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F), and not self-fertile, so it needs a different variety nearby as a pollenizer.

Hardy to Zone 3 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included (winters to -40°F). Our notes have it taking -50°F. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator.
Chill hours About 800 hours (500 to 1,200). Seedlings vary, so this is based on the parent tree. Montana winters give it plenty. In milder climates, make sure your winters average at least this much. Check your chill hours or see our sources.
Pollination Needs Cross-Pollination. Bloom group 4 of 7 (mid), mid spring here. Pear seedlings need a different pear nearby as a pollenizer, so plant two or more seedlings or add another pear variety. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Pear Pollination Chart.
What you get Seed, shipped in spring with your order.

Open pollinated from a Hudar pear (other parent is unknown). Hudar is an excellent early, fresh eating pear that is super productive and very hardy. Hardy to at least -50F.

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Questions we get about Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP

Does Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP need a pollenizer?

Yes. Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP needs pollen from a different variety that blooms at about the same time. Pear seedlings need a different pear nearby as a pollenizer, so plant two or more seedlings or add another pear variety.

How cold hardy is Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP?

We rate Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F. Our notes have it taking -50°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

How many chill hours does Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP need?

About 800 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 500 and 1,200. Seedlings vary, so that's based on the parent, Hudar. Give seeds about 60-90 days of cold, moist stratification before sowing. The trees they grow will likely need around 800 chill hours. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

Is Hudar Pear disease resistant?

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Hudar Pear for fire blight and pear scab, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our pear disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

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Not available for spring 2027. Here's what we'd plant instead.

Hudar Pear Seeds—50 Seeds: Ships ASAP is off the list this season. These are in stock now, and the full seeds collection has the rest. Everything on our zone 3 page is rated for the same winters.