A few Spalding, Hood and Flordahome pears are ripening now. Early July is earlier than normal for NW Florida. August is usually the pear month for here---with Flordahome usually starting about the earliest except for 2 or 3 other "native unknown" low-chill varieties.
The pears sampled thus far were pretty good---for Southern pears. They were picked about a week ago and ripened indoors. There are probably ripe pears on the trees now if birds and varmints haven't gotten to them.
I assume all the triple didgit temperature days may have speeded up th ripening this year?
Richard Harrison, NW FL
--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Kieran &/or Donna <holycow@frontiernet.net> wrote:
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