One of my pear trees.

Those sure are some ugly pears:)  Bet they taste good though.  Here the grapes are ripening but that is it besides the figs.  

I could do a number on them, I bet they are good!

What variety is that? Just bought a Kieffer from a local nursery about a month ago and she's doing well in my backyard

The crows and deer get mine every year so far.  They enjoy them a lot greener than I do.

Thanks for sharing

[QUOTE=Otmani007]What variety is that? Just bought a Kieffer from a local nursery about a month ago and she's doing well in my backyard[/QUOTE]

It was bought to be a Seckel. Did not turn out to be that way. These get very large and remain quite hard. We can them in sugar syrup and they are very good. We have deer and a few crows also. Tree is about twenty feet high so deer can't reach much. Crows can't deal with the quanity.

my pears are already done. We picked the last ones a week ago. We have to pick them a little hard or the wasps ruin them all. They are still hard but very tasty. Also, this year we have a new dehydrator so I dried them all. It is great! I can't wait until I have enough figs to dehydrate, probably next year.

I picked up a very nice sized tree at my local garden center's fall clearance last year. It was a 5 in one graft, but a couple tags had fallen off so they marked it down to $20. Seckel is one of the tags that was still on. I can't wait. I LOVE pears.

[QUOTE=jake][QUOTE=Otmani007]What variety is that? Just bought a Kieffer from a local nursery about a month ago and she's doing well in my backyard[/QUOTE]

It was bought to be a Seckel. Did not turn out to be that way. These get very large and remain quite hard. We can them in sugar syrup and they are very good. We have deer and a few crows also. Tree is about twenty feet high so deer can't reach much. Crows can't deal with the quanity.[/QUOTE]

You may have a winter pear (storage pear). If they remain hard on the tree, you may find that storing them in a cool place like a refrigerator or root cellar for a month or four, maybe even longer, before bringing them out to room temperature for a few days will allow them to soften and reveal their full flavor. I don't recognize it, of course, but your description suggests it to be that type of pear.

My pears set fruit really poorly this spring, I think it was wet and cold when they bloomed, but I've got a couple Moonglow growing nicely! They should be ready at the end of the month. Hopefully next year will be better once they are more established.


I'm wondering what pear you have there, it has an interesting shape that doesn't quite look like a Bartlett and a lot of russeting...