Fair enough @pierre_de_gaye … I only asked because this year we’ve had several folk ask how to tell when their pears are ripe enough to pick. You obviously know this, but I thought it wise to check … I’ve picked the first two of my this season’s Concordes this morning.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fair enough @pierre_de_gaye … I only asked because this year we’ve had several folk ask how to tell when their pears are ripe enough to pick. You obviously know this, but I thought it wise to check … I’ve picked the first two of my this season’s Concordes this morning.
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My concorde aren't ready yet either.. I can foresee about 20Kg of pears all ready on the same day! 😁
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I've still not mastered the art of when to pick and when to eat pears even though I know the theory well. I always get plenty of fruits but only manage to get the timing right with a few of them. I suspect there's a degree of sorcery involved But when you get it just right they are both fabulous and very messy. The best I've had was Merton Pride last year, the perfume, flavour and texture were perfect - this year despite a huge amount of blossom that cordon didn't have a single fruit
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I usually start trying them about now ... lifting a pear and seeing if the stem snaps ... those fruit are kept indoors in the cool with a couple being placed in the fruit bowl after a few days, and then after a couple more days I'll try one ... it's usually to my liking ... so the next fruits come from the cool into the fruit bowl, and then some more are tested to see if they're ready to pick ... and carry on like that.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove - I'll try that approach. I usually leave them too long - they're almost fermenting by the time I take a bite, and the middle is usually rotting. I think it's partly being overwhelmed with apples, pears and a ridiculous amount of soft fruit at this time of year
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Those pears look so lovely! I wouldn't have a clue which was which looking at them. Sadly no pears here, but did have a few different types last place with first being ripe in late spring (can't recall the name, yellow skin, quite small and very creamy ). We found they tended to ripen on mass at times so a lot went into the fridge and came out a few at a time to ripen in the bowl. Again very sadly we have to make do with supermarket pears for which we do the same.
Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
Some of our Beurre hardys are ready now. The pips are black and the flesh is ripened but not all are like that. So I understand what you say about harvesting should be later but some are coming on earlier this year.
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Comice - not ready yet either-
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My concorde aren't ready yet either..
I can foresee about 20Kg of pears all ready on the same day! 😁
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've still not mastered the art of when to pick and when to eat pears even though I know the theory well.
I always get plenty of fruits but only manage to get the timing right with a few of them. I suspect there's a degree of sorcery involved
But when you get it just right they are both fabulous and very messy.
The best I've had was Merton Pride last year, the perfume, flavour and texture were perfect - this year despite a huge amount of blossom that cordon didn't have a single fruit
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I usually leave them too long - they're almost fermenting by the time I take a bite, and the middle is usually rotting.
I think it's partly being overwhelmed with apples, pears and a ridiculous amount of soft fruit at this time of year
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.