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Pear ripness
Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but
When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? David |
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G'day David
Not sure where you are located, but pears are usually picked end of March to early April in the Central West of NSW. They continue to ripen once they have been picked, and they don't travel well (to market) when fully ripe. When I buy half a dozen I put them in the fridge crisper and put one out each day on the kitchen windowsill to ripen a bit more. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) David Hare-Scott wrote: Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? David |
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David Hare-Scott wrote: Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? David "HC" wrote in message ... G'day David Not sure where you are located, but pears are usually picked end of March to early April in the Central West of NSW. They continue to ripen once they have been picked, and they don't travel well (to market) when fully ripe. When I buy half a dozen I put them in the fridge crisper and put one out each day on the kitchen windowsill to ripen a bit more. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) Mid north coast(ish). I picked ours two weeks ago to keep them from the bats. They were a good size, some are ripening and taste really good. I was just wondering if there is a more scientific approach, that is next year when I have bat nets up will they be better if left longer, if so how much longer. David |
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G'day again
Aha!!...you are somewhere closeby!! Presume picking would start earlier here, I'm only familiar with CentWest NSW as far as pears/apples/cherries go. Sorry I can't be more specific for this area but it sounds like you've picked them at the right time if they are a good size, taste good and you got them before the bats. Some varieties need really cold weather so maybe you have one of the new ones. Bronwyn ;-) David Hare-Scott wrote: David Hare-Scott wrote: Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? David "HC" wrote in message ... G'day David Not sure where you are located, but pears are usually picked end of March to early April in the Central West of NSW. They continue to ripen once they have been picked, and they don't travel well (to market) when fully ripe. When I buy half a dozen I put them in the fridge crisper and put one out each day on the kitchen windowsill to ripen a bit more. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) Mid north coast(ish). I picked ours two weeks ago to keep them from the bats. They were a good size, some are ripening and taste really good. I was just wondering if there is a more scientific approach, that is next year when I have bat nets up will they be better if left longer, if so how much longer. David |
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? No. We have just had an argument about this in our household as I told Himself that Pears are one of the few fruits which need to be picked before ripe. Wouldn't believe me would he till I dragged out my fruit growing books. Louis Glowinski in his "The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia" says: "Pears must be picked when mature but still hard. If left too long on the tree, the flesh, especially near the core, will become slimy, with the rest of the fruit being mealy and tasteless. The fruit develops best flavour if picked 2 weeks before full ripeness and it can be tricky to decide on harvest time. If you goof and pick the pear too early it will never ripen but merely lose water and shrivel. Colour is not an indication of maturity." etc etc. he says that Williams' pears must be picked when still very green and tha signs of maturity are that it will separate from the tree easily, that even though unripe it will still be juicy and sweet and trail and error. Paul Baxter's "Growing Fruit in Australia" says the same about early picking but generally gives less detail than Glowinski. |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message ... "David Hare-Scott" wrote in message Pears will ripen off the tree. OK but When is it best to pull them? When they are big? How big? Will they be better if left to ripen on the tree? No. We have just had an argument about this in our household as I told Himself that Pears are one of the few fruits which need to be picked before ripe. Wouldn't believe me would he till I dragged out my fruit growing books. Louis Glowinski in his "The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia" says: "Pears must be picked when mature but still hard. If left too long on the tree, the flesh, especially near the core, will become slimy, with the rest of the fruit being mealy and tasteless. The fruit develops best flavour if picked 2 weeks before full ripeness and it can be tricky to decide on harvest time. If you goof and pick the pear too early it will never ripen but merely lose water and shrivel. Colour is not an indication of maturity." etc etc. he says that Williams' pears must be picked when still very green and tha signs of maturity are that it will separate from the tree easily, that even though unripe it will still be juicy and sweet and trail and error. Paul Baxter's "Growing Fruit in Australia" says the same about early picking but generally gives less detail than Glowinski. Well allowing to ripen off the tree is in accord with what I have read. However that still leaves me somewhat in the dark about exactly when you do pick them, other than not when fully ripe. I guess it's that old trail of errors again. Or is that trial by error, or trail of erics, oh bugger I don't know. David |
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