Last 2 yrs lots of pears on tree. Very nice this yr. I'm freezing some and told a friend to come get a few bushells

Nice, Pears used to be high class crops, we have them all over Louisiana. In the 1500s and 1600s it was pretty popular to have pears I guess. We got a ton too, eat most, made sauce with some others.

What variety is that tree?

I lost my "Patten" pollinator, but still have a "Luscious" and a "Summer Sweet".

When do you pick? I cannot wait until,they're ripe, as they seem rotten if left in the tree too long.

Immake pear sauce with mine and freeze it.... NO sugar needed!

I just love pear cider! I'd be taking a few bushels to grind and press. Nature's bounty

Pear preserves on a hot buttered biscuit...Good stuff!

DANG !!!!!!!! LOVES me some pears !!! Only tree I have of bearing age is a Kieffer. Like eating a pear along with a tablespoon full of sand. Have some Bartlett trees trying to come along. But they aren't leaping or bounding.

I did have to cut some boards this afternoon to prop up the limbs on my yellow delicious apple tree. Never saw it so jacked full as it is this year.

I have several varieties planted for deer. I will be glad when they get as big as your tree.

It was here when I bought this place in 93.....Im thinking an asian pear but not sure. Very sweet

My mom used to make pear honey out of pears and pineapple.

Last year was a very good year for pears here. This year is surprisingly even better. I have 5 pear trees I planted in 2013 and 2014. I had to start picking pears over a week ago because my pear trees' once vertical branches are now on the ground. The first pears went for cider for me and butter for Diane. I picked 2 more buckets of pears, some apples, peaches, catawba grapes and elderberries today. I have 1 bucket of pears cooked soft and cooling on the stove, that will go through the Victorio soon. I have to pick and process more pears tomorrow.

Keith

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KeithC.... PLEASE talk to me about the Victorio!!

I've been peeling and coring these devils for the past 8 years.... Is this a straining system that allows you to quarter the pears and just cook them and strain the peelings and seeds out of them? I'll have to snap a 450 on my hand if that's the case!!!!

There ought to be a cooking/food forum on TMan.... I think it wold get a lot of traction.

I have noticed all the pear trees in this area are heavy with them this year also. There used to be an ancient pear tree on the farm here, but a high voltage line came thru and even though it was out of their right of way , they tore it down a couple of years ago. It was a deer magnet

European pear varieties need to be picked before they are fully ripe and then be allowed to ripen on the counter (in storage). If you let them ripen on the tree they will rot from the inside out. Asian varieties need to fully ripen on the tree.

That's exactly what it is. I just cut the stem and blossom end off of the pears. Cut the pairs in quarters. Put them in a very large sauce pan. Add a very small amount of water. Cook the pears until they are soft. Strain off the extra fluid for cider and run the pairs through the Victorio. It works great for apples, grapes and tomatoes too. You can even make mashed potatoes with it.

Keith

Very Nice big ole' tree

Mine are young...maybe next year I'll get a pear

You're right Keith last yr was a big yr also but this yr better pears without blemish. I smell coyote pee around it yearly when they are dropping.

These pairs are currently ripe on 2 trees.



These 3 trees will be ready around the end of the month.





All of my pear trees' branches were nearly vertical before this season. I've picked a lot of the ends. I'm hoping I can get the branches to go vertical again.

I have an 8 and a 16 quart sauce pan of pairs on the stove cooking soft to make more juice, sauce and butter.

Keith

There is it's called "Cooking on the wild side"
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