Taylor's Gold vs Russet Comice

[mamuang]

@murky,
I bought Taylor Gold, together with several other Euro pears, from a Cornell store a few years ago. I like it the least. It could not hold candle to the other varieties I bought.

Pictures of some European pears for you

Hubby and I continued our pear taste- testing tonight with 3 more pears, Concorde, Harrow Sweet and Abate Fatale. Concorde - sweet, smooth. Brix 13 Harrow Sweet - sweeter, a bit grainy. Brix 19 Abate Fetel- sweet, smooth and perfumey. Brix 15. I like them all and thought HS was the sweetest (before measuring brix) Hubby likes HS, too, saying it tastes like a pear should be. So far, with 6 E pears, we like them all with HS is our favorite and Taylor’s Gold the least. We have Potomac and …