Pears in bud

The pear trees are the first in the orchard to show their blossom.  As the weather warms up we can see the buds just starting to burst, to be followed by the white blossom of the pear tree.  Here at West Bradley we grow four different kinds of pear - Conference, Comice, Concorde and Beth.  We expect warm sunshine over the next few days and in no time at all the whole orchard will start to twinkle with little starbursts of blossom.