"Broadback" wrote in message
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Des Higgins wrote:
We have a pear tree and live in a cold damp wet country.
A small number of pears ripened this year and some continue to ripen but
the great majority never ripen.
Anyone know what to do with them other than throw them over the back wall
at our neighbours?
I heard someone mention poaching and storing unripe pears; anyone know
how to do that?

Des in Dublin


I guess it depends on what you mean by unripe. When my pears a ready for
picking they are still hard. A week to 10 days will ripen them, it is
recommended that you wrap them in grease proof paper to keep them, I don't
bother, I eat them too quickly. ;-)

ok, how do you know when to pick them?
Do you then just store them indoors or in a shed?
They are excellent when they do ripen and it is a nice tree.

Des