To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pear question
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:40:45 -0500
Jim,
Depends on how many you want ripe at once. Get out as many at a time as you
want, but if they are pears that can store for a decent time, leave the
others cold. I have found that they all start out hard, reach their peak
flavor and eventually are overripe. The speed this happens at varies with
temp and variety. And then there is you. Do you want them hard, softish,
or when their flavor is highest? I discovered on my first crop of Warrens
that they taste best just before they go bad. Likewise some weird long
green pears someone brought me this week, I don't think they are very good,
but the best of the lot had mushy spots that I ate around. None of the
sound specimans even came close to tasting as good. Donna