Pears Fall
William’s Bon Chrétien
Coriander and Vanilla went out to the back garden – it’s time to harvest the William’s Bon Chrétien pears…
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Fruitful
…it’s a good crop this year – we try to pick them when they are green, just on the verge of yellow…
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Blush
…and starting to get a little blush of red or orange.
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perfect
This one is perfect! If you wait until they are yellow, or actually fall off the tree, they will be brown and sickly sweet inside….
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Bountiful
We gave the tree a hard prune in January to encourage it to make fruit on the lower branches where we could reach them – and we have a bountiful crop this year, so I guess it worked! We picked a basket of pears, and then there was a big windstorm! There were a lot of windfalls, so…
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chopped
…pear crumble in the making…
Yummy!
…and on the table!
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Bountiful harvest and I bet the kitchen smelled wonderful!
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The kitchen did smell wonderful. We love any kind of crumble and it’s a bonus that we can use our own pears!
What a wonderful gift the tree has supplied you with. I’m so glad for your bounty and the deliciousness that is coming afterwards. Good going with that earlier pruning!
We are starting to pick pears here too where there is also a bountiful harvest. Apple trees are taking a rest this year so we are grateful for the pears putting forth their abundant and delicious fruit.
We didn’t get any apples this year either – there was a sudden and complete invasion of little worms just as the blossoms came out. The poor apple tree made a new set of leaves, but not a single fruit. Ah well, hopefully next year. And meanwhile the pears are bountiful and delicious!
A perfect way to spend an autumn(ish) day!
Pear crumble was a perfect way to end a cool autumn day!
How wonderful all those pears and I bet the crumble was delicious!
The crumble was delicious! We are so lucky to have the tree, and it seems quite happy after being pruned so hard last winter, and luckily resistant to the worm invasion that took out all our apple blossoms!
Very good!
Lovely! You are blessed with a tree like this in your garden.
We feel very lucky!
It iiss so frustrating when there is beautiful fruit out of reach! Well done for pruning the tree.
Thanks! It is much better this year!
Your tree is so healthy and productive. Great job with the pruning. That pear crumble looks delicious.