Pretty sure many of my pear blossoms/fruitlets were taken out by pear blossom blast and the cold. I saw this:
and also looked a pictures. Mine looked just like the pictures. So that probably explains a lot.
We had many warm days, lots of blooms then suddenly cold cold cold. I posted pics after I cut some buds open. SO many of the pears were black inside: Northern Mid-Atlantic: SE-PA/N-VA/MD/NJ/DE Region - #393 by franc1969.