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| Here in the south, we see lots of old pear trees that produce very hard fruit. They are great for pies but not so good for fresh eating. The Baldwin pear does not generally soften on the tree, but after you pick it and store them for a week or two, they soften, to a buttery texture. The taste is like a Bosc, IMO, one of my favorite store-bought pears, but since I can not grow Bosc in Florida, Baldwin was a viable choice. It took between four and six years to start producing, which seemed like forever, but it was worth the wait. The squirrels mostly left them alone, until the tail-end of the picking season. So, we got to enjoy most of them. We were going to make a pie with some of them, but someone gave us about 10 pounds of tiny (1.5") hard pears, and even though they were very bland fresh, they made awesome pies. So, the Baldwins were saved for fresh-eating. Next year, there may be too many to eat fresh, and we'll probably can a lot of them. |
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- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Wed, Sep 10, 14 at 19:05
| Xentar. That is a nice size pear. I hope you get your heavy crop that you want next year. The Bosh pear is one of my favorites but due to its low resistance to fireblight, I do not attempt to grow it. Is the Baldwin pear resistant to fireblight? If so I may give it a try. |
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| Nice looking pear. I wish I could grow it here, but from the data I've seen it blooms well before our last major frost, well before keiffer |
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