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Jim’s just drawn together a really interesting piece on Harvest Pears, which you can find under the Research section of this website here Harvest Pears – National Perry Pear Centre. These largely lost early variety pears were described in the mid 17th century as being pressed with crab apples to produce a sweet perry to … Read more

So .. 2025 certainly was a bumper year for perry. Some of the bi-annuals will stay asleep until next year, and some varieties, although heavy cropping, were small and poor in juice quality. With the help of our volunteer friends (piners!) we managed a record 34 Single Varieties listed below. Volumes range from 10-620L per … Read more

Well .. Jim’s reminded me that i set up a blog section to the website, but failed spectacularly to make any use of it, so here goes my first (ever) blog .. 2025 was a bumper harvest for 99Pines in many ways .. it was a high cropping year .. a real vintage perry year … Read more

Perry Pear display Saturday 16th September. 12-5pm. Hopefully over 80 varieties. Ploughmans, teas. Tap bar open (perry and cider) 12-7pm. Free admission but lots of donation buckets! Dogs on leads welcome.  

Saturday 17th September 2022 12 noon to 7pm Annual display of perry pears, hopefully about 80 varieties. Ploughmans lunches, teas,with homemade cakes. Tap bar with perry & cider. Orchard-themed gifts and books.  

THE ORCHARD CENTRE SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 12-5pm Annual PERRY PEAR DISPLAY with about 70 varieties this year. PLOUGHMANS and TEAS with homemade cakes. PERRY and CIDER TASTINGS 12-7pm Perry and cider for sale, books, leaflets and orchard themed gifts. COME and ENJOY an autumn afternoon in the countryside, with lovely views. Children’s orchard tree names … Read more