pears from my pear trees!

summercrisp pear first to ripen, so soon it ripened on the tree. one fell on the ground and ants got it. one i ate right away. leaving only this on. total harvested this year = 3


parker pears


patten pear


left to right, patten, parker, summercrisp. you can see the difference in their spots if you look closely.


parker pears total this harvested this year = 9 (7 i kept, 2 i gave to my parents)



patten pears total harvested this year = 2


luscious pears, last to let go of the tree. letting the young tree product so many seems to have kept them smaller than the other pears. total harvested this year = 35


the pears were slow to ripen on my counter, so i put them out in the porch, in some sun. you can see the sunflower head hanging below, and the plate beneath it that is catching the seeds as they fall out.
(if you let pears ripen on the tree, the overripen and the center rots.)