Grow these and put ‘em in your own gift boxes.  Large, roundish. Green-yellow skin with red blush.  Rich, sweet, creamy flesh. Self fertile in the arid West but produces better when planted with Bartlett or other pears.  It is blight-resistant.  Requires 500-600 hours of chill below 45º F.  Ripens: August. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
Grow these and put ‘em in your own gift boxes.  Large, roundish. Green-yellow skin with red blush.  Rich, sweet, creamy flesh. Self fertile in the arid West but produces better when planted with Bartlett or other pears.  It is blight-resistant.  Requires 500-600 hours of chill below 45º F.  Ripens: August. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
Salesman Lloyd Cassidy picking box of Fan-Cris Pear
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear.  Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it.  Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September.  Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A.  Zone 6 and probably lower.  Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear.  Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it.  Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September.  Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A.  Zone 6 and probably lower.  Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear.  Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it.  Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September.  Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A.  Zone 6 and probably lower.  Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Image of Fan-Cris Pear showing loaded tree but not yet ripe.
Image of Fan-Cris Pear showing loaded tree but not yet ripe.
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear.  Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it.  Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September.  Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A.  Zone 6 and probably lower.  Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear. Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it. Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September. Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A. Zone 6 and probably lower. Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear.  Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it.  Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September.  Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A.  Zone 6 and probably lower.  Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
Fan-Cris™ Pear (Pyrus communis sp.)
Excellent dessert pear. Medium to large, bell shaped. Sweet creamy texture with a nice crunch when you bite in to it. Somewhat more resistant to fireblight than many others. Very productive tree. Ripens: Late August into September. Requires approximately 500 hours chilling below 45º F. Cold hardy to U.S.D.A. Zone 6 and probably lower. Discovered by Fanick’s Nursery, San Antonio, TX
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