Considering everyone but me thinks Harrow delight is not as good as Bartlett I would consider that before growing it. Find myself questioning my decisions to grow so many. Anytime we grow pears as an experiment we are taking a risk our taste buds change as we age. Other people tried these pears rating them very highly besides me at my farm. Maybe everyone of the other admins had better bartlett pears than me on a regular basis. At least we can establish its Bartlett like in flavor and earlier which means very highly sought after. If it’s not as good as bartlett at a Minimum it beats it to market. Some locations grow pears better than others as well. One thing I noticed is my location gets less water than everyone’s location that does not have great luck with Harrow delight. My annual rainfall is around 34"
Kansas city has 42" rainfall
New York 46" rainfall
Etc. So 8" - 10" rainfall makes a huge difference in the flavor of pears. My pears are incredible on a drought year so perhaps that accounts for the differences.
Think we all agree on Harrow sweet which I think as discussed in the video below as being bartlett lIke but deeper more like comice. The pear flavor is more pronounced.
Had made a duplicate thread at some point and much was discussed before Harrow Delight