Alan, one thing Jim says about Aurora is it can keep a very long time. So, put them in the fridge and eat in December! I have eaten all but one of mine now.
Most of the new pears fruiting this year I put on quince. Aurora and Magness I planted 14 years ago on seedling, and they did not fruit for 10 so I bought new trees on quince and finally got fruit. I forget where I was reading about hardy quince rootstocks, for you folks in colder zones that will be a good deal when they have them. I am a complete convert to quince and wished I had put all of my Euros on quince at the start (with interstems on some of course).
I finally grafted Harrow Sweet this year after all your raves on it Alan. It will be a few years but I am looking forward to it!
Cool man, I saw that nice thread on southern pears. Let me add a link here