‘NC4’ is a new and distinct variety of pear tree (Pyrus communis), selected from seedlings produced as the result of a cross between female parent ‘Concorde’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,192) and male parent ‘Red Williams’ (not patented). ‘NC4’ is distinguished by its fruit, the skin color of which is red-purple at harvest, turning to red-orange upon ripening.

A new and distinct pear tree named ‘PremP52’ is disclosed. The new variety is notable for its attractive yellow fruit with light red blush, long shelf life and crisp, firm texture.

The invention is a new and distinct pear tree variety denominated ‘HW624’. The new pear tree is characterized by producing heavy crops of medium-to large-sized fruit, picked about 2 weeks after ‘Bartlett’. Fruits are green when harvested, turning yellow as fruits ripen, and there is a medium red blush where exposed to the sun. There were no natural fire blight infections on the seedling tree, and results from controlled inoculations indicate a high level of resistance to fire blight. The tree is also highly resistant to pear psylla.

A new cultivar of pear tree named ‘MN121’ that is characterized by its good cold hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zone 4; observed for 30 years, its lack of fire blight infection in field observations on test trees, its fruit with a storage life of approximately three months in refrigerated storage with ambient atmosphere, its fruit that ripen in mid-August in central Minnesota, its fruit with a crisp texture and a sweet and pleasing flavor similar to that of an Asian pear, its fruit that is oval to elliptic in shape, and its fruit that may be picked ripe for immediate consumption with no after-ripening required.

The Olsen Bosc pear tree, a mutation of Bosc, is notable for its distinctive fruit. Profound russeting on substantially the entire surface of the skin gives Olsen Bosc pears a distinctive bronze appearance.

NCPX2 is a new triploid, interspecific hybrid flowering pear with a broadly pyramidal habit, white flowers, multi-coloured fall foliage, resistance to fire blight, and significantly reduced fertility.

A new and distinct pear tree named PremP009 is disclosed. The new pear is notable for its attractive appearance, superb texture, improved flavor and long shelf life.

NC4 is a new and distinct variety of pear tree (Pyrus communis), selected from seedlings produced as the result of a cross between female parent Concorde (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,192) and male parent Red Williams (not patented). NC4 is distinguished by its fruit, the skin overcolor of which is purple at harvest, turning to red and orange-red upon ripening.

A new and distinct variety of Asian pear tree named Peggy Pear characterized particularly by the globose to slightly turbinate shape of its fruit, its russet color at maturity, the thinner texture of the skin of the fruit of the Peggy Pear compared to the skin of the fruit of its parent, the A-Ri-Rang, at maturity and its ripening at about September 20.sup.th in Yakima, Wash., which is about thirty (30) days earlier than the A-Ri-Rang cultivar, and by the pear's hardiness, characterized in that it can be stored at 32 F. through the winter and maintain its quality until about May.

A new and distinct pear tree named PremP027 is disclosed. The new pear is notable for its attractive appearance, superb texture, improved flavor and long shelf life.