Can anyone point me to a chart or list that show which european pears are summer and which are winter pears? I did a google search but i can only find the ripening time of different varieties not really answering if they are summer pear that can be eaten fresh off tree without storage and winter pear requiring cold storage to fully ripen ? thank you!
@scottfsmith posted this on Growing fruit some time ago:
As a generalization, most pears that mature in August can be eaten directly off the tree. From early to mid-Sept there is a mix of tree ripening and cold-ripening. After that, they will need cold ripening. I think that all pears benefit from some time in refigeration, even the August maturing varieties.
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Ubileen and Petrivka would be two early pears you eat fresh off the tree.
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