We have a beautiful pear tree in our backyard that, for the most part, has gone unappreciated until this year. I've mentioned before that we've had a bumper crop of fruit this year. All our fruit trees -- apple, cherry, peach & pear -- have produced far and above what they have in previous years. In past years, however, our pear tree has been more of a burden than blessing. I don't know if pears ripen naturally in other climes, but in our backyard in Colorado our pears have never ripened on the tree. We've never known how to change our hard-as-a-rock fruit into the luscious, juicy delectables one can buy in a market.
Each year I would ask the internet and others if they knew how to ripen pears and each year I received the same answer, which never worked. This year while hoping to take advantage of our bumper crop, I found this article on the internet, "When to pick and how to ripen pears." The process they describe of chilling the pears, then allowing them to ripen worked! For the first time we have been able to enjoy our bounteous crop!
The pears are all picked now, and it's nice to know that we've discovered a reliable way to ripen this amazing fruit...
