Was out picking blueberries this morning. Noticed a big branch in my multi-variety pear tree, full of these ripe, soft, gritless pears. It’s got to be at least a 10 yr old graft; maybe closer to 20 yrs. But I’ve never noticed these fruits before, and don’t recall grafting anything that should have matched that description…unless it’s one I thought might have been Seckel, out of the old Dr. Alex Nunn pear orchard at Lochapoka AL, back around 2001.
In the photo, it’sthe yellow, blushed pear on the left(top); the pear on the right(bottom) is Lawson’s Early June Sugar Pear. Like many early season apples, LEJSP has about a 15 minute window of opportunity before it goes mealy and tasteless, and if eaten before fully ripe, has some astringency.
Does anyone recognize it?