Gwehelog Size:Pyrodwarf tolerates a clay soil

tolerates a clay soil

Sweet flesh

A rare and old Welsh variety rediscovered on a farm in Corse

rarely flushed with diffuse pinkish-orange

but referred to as a Herefordshire cider apple from the 1800s

Gwehelog Size:Pyrodwarf tolerates a clay soilA Welsh perry pear from Monmouthshire. Round yellow green skin with faint orange flush in the sun. Some russet. Flowers late March, early April. Large and spreading tree. This old perry pear variety was discovered and named in 2002 by Dave Matthews on a farm in Gwehelog, near Raglan. Subtle flavour perry good for bending. Permission to use photograph by Danny Thorogood (Aberystwyth University Welsh Heritage Orchard) is gratefully acknowledged.