Ripe Pears

[vfem]

I'm happy to hear you have pears... ours got fire blight and we had to pull and burn them.

I can say that when we actually HAD some from the tree we picked the few we got at the end of this month. My neighbor's at least have their tree still, and we take the fruit as they have no use for it.

 

[catjac1975]

So where are the pictures?

Have a pear tree, the branches are bending with fruit. How can I tell when its time to pick?

 

[Jared77]

We would always get them from folks down the road before we moved who had a pear tree on the property but didn't want the fruit. We always made pear butter out of them. Peel, core, cube and into the pot they go and use the same recipe as apple butter.