Our first ever pears! Our increasing collection of pear trees never had a single flower between them until this year; now four varieties are fruiting. And the first one is ready to eat.
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| One perfect pear |
When we checked them earlier this week, they were rock hard and green. Today we discovered that two had fallen and something had taken a good bite out of them - something with little teeth. We picked the rest, and here they are.
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| Four pretty good pears |
They taste sublime. I've never had such a fresh pear before, and they are darned good. Our thanks to Mick Miller, who recommended this variety, "Beth", and to
R V Roger of Pickering, North Yorkshire, who supplied the tree.
2 comments:
I ate my first homegrown pear of the season a couple of days ago. Fortunately the rest of them are not ready to pick. I've informed them they have to hold on to the tree for a week as I don't have time to deal with them otherwise.
The other varieties are all like blocks of wood - so far.
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