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Help! Identification of pear trees
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Hello everyone,
Can anyone please help me identify these two different species of pear in my garden? We moved in a few years ago and have had so much fruit from these trees and no idea what species, when and how to harvest and ripen them.
I think the last pictures are conference pears? The first one no idea. I was reading that pears need picking when they are full size and then ripening off the tree? How do I store them? How long can I keep them for?
Please help! Would be grateful of your expertise and advice.
Thank you in advance.
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Can anyone please help me identify these two different species of pear in my garden? We moved in a few years ago and have had so much fruit from these trees and no idea what species, when and how to harvest and ripen them.
I think the last pictures are conference pears? The first one no idea. I was reading that pears need picking when they are full size and then ripening off the tree? How do I store them? How long can I keep them for?
Please help! Would be grateful of your expertise and advice.
Thank you in advance.
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I have Comice and Concorde (which is a x between Comice and Conference)
I wouldn't cook with Comice though - it's one you need to eat standing naked in the bath there's so much juice - that's how I do it anyway
Pears should be picked before they are ripe. Some info here under Harvesting
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/pears#:~:text=Harvest%20pears%20just%20before%20they,when%20lifted%20and%20gently%20twisted.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Many of these pears have started dropping from the trees already and are quite large. How do I know when to harvest them? Just by size?
Several websites say end of October? I would think these have all fallen from the trees by then! This year we have had such a long summer, maybe they are ready to be picked earlier?