The Concorde was developed at the East Malling Research Station in Kent.

After artificial pollination was completed in 1968, a number of candidate varieties were developed and the Concorde was selected as the best one in 1977.

It flowers about five days after its parent varieties, and like the Comice is a late harvest pear.

It is a regular cropper that can sometimes overproduce fruit, and it produces a first crop about a year earlier than most varieties.

[4] The fruit has a greenish color initially, becoming more yellowish with ripening, and may exhibit slight russeting.