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This cold-hardy variety produces crisp, sweet, mildly tart fruit that ripens in mid-September. The 'McIntosh' is a manageable sized tree with large, reachable fruits within the first 6-10' of growth. They average out at 15-20' tall and 8-10' wide and create quite an abundant crop when paired with a pollinator, such as the 'Jonathan' and 'Liberty' varieties.
Plants are vigorous, producing long shoots from soil level one growing season and bearing fruit the next. These are removed after bearing and replaced by the current year's growth. This makes the plant easy to prune and manage as a bush. Large fruit clusters with good flavor ripen in August each year. Berries have very high anthocyanin content--very good for you! This is the more productive variety, but both varieties are required for cross pollination in a ratio of 1 Samyl : 5 Samdal.
The 'Moonglow' produces large, red-blushed fruit with a soft, juicy texture. Harvest will ripen in mid-September and crop will be more abundant when this tree is paired with other pear varieties, like 'Bartlett' and 'Seckel'. Dwarf variety will get 8-10' tall and wide.
