Very nice looking!! Looking forward to a tasting report!
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Cummins lists the ripening date as August 20 in upstate New York. Since my pears are running 1-2 weeks ahead this year - and this was only the first ripe one - I expect the main harvest to begin around August 8–10 here in 6b.
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Picked my Ayers pears this morning from a small limb. These pears unlike my Asian pears are almost blemish free. They are located about 5’ from one another. I don’t understand why the difference is unless stinkbugs just like Asian pears more.
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Odd that you say that. My Ayers are always pretty clean also. Although bees are completely in love with them.
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My pear from seed. Finally ready to eat. Smell like butterscotch. Taste excellent. It has a very small core, thus more flesh to eat.
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Good looking pear. It needs a name like Smile pear.
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I’d call it "smilodon’ pear. But more seriously, we already have “Happi” pear so why not “Smile”. 
Seriously, it looks good enough to consider propagating, but that is not what should happen next. It should be grown by a select few people in different climates to see how it performs and to determine if there are any disease/pest susceptibilities.
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treated the blistered mite pear tree, it’s looking better. some new leaves that look clean.
none of them has fruit this year at all. I’ll miss pears this year. but they are all young so I’m in no rush. it was surprising to get a comice last year!
the comice has put on a few feet of upward growth. I’m going to let it take off. the others are doing ok, 2 harrow delight and a seckel. no fruit but they are alive and all but one have had no issues.
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I agree and the name suit me just fine.
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I have cloned the tree. I use growth hormone and create another tree with it’s own roots. It’s 3 year now and 6ft tall. No flower or fruit yet on that tree. It take the heat well. It’s fire blight resistance, but not fire blight proof. The flowers open and boom, FB happen. FB travel slower on the stem, compare to a barlett or golden russet pear. Thin skin, so the moth like the fruit and will drill hole before you notice. Human, insect, animal appreciate good fruit.
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I start to pick, just a few of the larger fruits at a time, from about Aug 10 or 15 until about September 10ish. I have what I assume is a Bartlett variant, Potomac, and Orcas. I have other pear trees, but they aren’t producing yet.
The Potomacs are covered with scab, which is disappointing because until the trees were infected, they produced wonderful fruit. It was crunchy, with a juicy, kind of limeade kick, and then it kind of melted in your mouth. I was so dang proud of them!
I wish I could get a picture to load, but my internet is not that great.
The Orcas and Bartlett? (Nye Bartlett?) are nice, and heavy producers, but not that usual.
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I picked Harrow Delight yesterday. Animals had started to eat them, reminding me that it is time.
One caveat – the last time I posted a picture of a pear, it turned out that I had the variety wrong. So maybe I should say that this is the tree that I believe to be Harrow Delight.
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Im going to spray leaves under trees with urea this fall. That should control it hopefully. My Harrow sweets, ayers, and seckel are suffering, but Harrow Crisp, shenandoah, and aurora are blemish free. Ubileen is the cleanest ..
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I picked a few Korean Giant pears this morning. I’m pretty sure the one on the left will be super sweet.
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Can’t remember how many Asian pear varieties you have Bill, but do you find Drippin’ Honey the sweetest?
I had a single fruit from my DH scaffold last year, it was sweet and good, but didn’t wow me. This year I have a dozen hanging on the tree, I hope leave a better impression 
. On the other hand, a good Magness, Seckel or Comice is sensational to me.
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