Summer 2011 - The Pears survived the extreme wet of the early season and we've kept the deer damage to a minimum. The young trees may give a taste of their future potential, but most have been nipped as buds to put energy into a firm strong plant for future years.
Some seconds of our established trees (mostly Bartlets) maybe available, but most market quality is on its way to the Tuscarora Organic Growers Coop to which we belong that serves Select Stores and Farmers Markets throughout the East Coast.
Winter 2011 - We'll see what the spring brings and how our new young trees have survived their first year in the ground and the occasional ravages of hungry deer.
8/15/10 - Certified Organic Bartlet Pears are now available!
Call for a time to stop by and get what we have before they are all gone!
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This Spring 2010 we planted a number of new Pear Trees -
We don't expect much of anything off these for 1-2 years, but we are hoping for a taste here-and-there to know what we can expect in coming years. We managed to wrangle both some nice Asian pear varieties and some more conventional European (and European stock based North American developed varieties).
Asian pears are crisp and juicy and with somewhat less sweetness than their European counterparts. Unlike European pears, Asian pears are often fully ripened on the tree and can be eaten immediately after picking. In most cases, Asian pears keep in the refrigerator for up to three months. The skin of most Asian pears is quite delicate. The picture shown is of mature Atago, and is typical of Asian Pears
Shinsui, A medium sized, yellow- brown Japanese variety. Fruit finishes early in the season with an orange-brown russet. This variety is juicy and has an excellent flavor for the early season. Fruit should keep well up to six weeks.
Niitaka, A medium-large pear, is highly russeted orange-brown pear with excellent size. The flesh is juicy and sweet and is more heavily textured than most Asian varieties.
Atago, Medium light tan color, the Atago is a brown russeted Asian pear for the late season. Fruit can be large, very firm, crisp and juicy and it develops sweet, juicy flavor even in cooler summer weather.
European and North American Pears: Red Clapp, Beurre D'Anjou, Shenandoah, Blakes Pride
We'll locate and edit descriptions to post up and add some links so you can all have a better look at those in the future.
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The 2009 Pear crop ripened and got picked in mid-late August in 2009 - We had a wholesale agreement to fulfill and with the
limited crop we had only 'seconds' available to the general public. Blemishes and irregular shapes, great to slice or can.
A Sample of the Harvest The 2009 crop, a couple of weeks before harvest.
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