I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
Are they ripe? Most pears are hard when pulled from the tree and need to set for a few days until they ripen. They are the only fruit I know of that ripen from the inside out and will finish ripening and taste good after being pulled. If you wait until they feel soft, they are over ripe. At the least amount of give when squeezing them it is time to eat them.
Otherwise they might just be a hard type of pear. I found an old tree down in Arkansas that produces a large crop in November. Last year I picked about 500 to bring home. They are hard and stay that way even when ripe. They aren't any type I know, and don't seem to be bothered with bugs or cedar rust. When I ask, one of the one of my wife's cousins told me that they are "good old hard Arkansas pears".
Dwayne
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I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
-L. (puzzled)
I bought the same Bartletts as you did and they were hard and tasteless and dry. I kept them on the kitchen window sill for five days and they did not soften or get juicier. I finally poached them and they still did not taste very good.
I live in New York City and I blamed it on the growers, who didn't want the fruit to spoil before arrival at the stores and picked the pears too early. Now that I see that someone else had the same problem, I wonder whether this is a new kind of Bartlett pear.
I bought some D'Anjous and they are just as bad. Perhaps the pear season is over. M
I live in New York City and I blamed it on the growers, who didn't want the fruit to spoil before arrival at the stores and picked the pears too early. Now that I see that someone else had the same problem, I wonder whether this is a new kind of Bartlett pear.
I bought some D'Anjous and they are just as bad. Perhaps the pear season is over. M
Pear season is September in the northern hemisphere.
What's weird is that usually the best sign of ripeness in Bartletts is the color change from green to yellow. Of course, the second best sign is wrinkling around the stem, so if that's not there yet, the pears aren't ripe.
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I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
I bought some parkers (I think it is parkers - from Chile) this week, which look like bartlet clones. A crisp pear, less flavor, They were on sale this week, not in the special pears area with the boscs and reds, but in the big bins - but inside they are definitely NOT bartlets.
I would suspect the grocer mismarked them as bartlets -
I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
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-L. (puzzled)
Perhaps you should let them ripen up a bit? Goomba
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I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
-L. (puzzled)
this time of year most of the fruit that I am seeing in the markets comes from New Zealand...or other places that are having their fall season.
I have found a great way of using under ripe pears
They make a lovely and simple pastry: Roll out some thawed puff pastry, arrange pear slices on it. Dot with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400F until the pastry is golden brown and the sugar/butter are bubbly.
I bought some supposed Bartlets today - they are yellow, smell nice and taste pretty good - but even so, they are hard! They cut like an apple and have the same texture - maybe even a little more dense. I don't like it!
Is this a new trend in Bartlets or something (new breeding)? Earlier in the season I was able to buy regular Bartlets which didnt have this problem. This is the second set I have seen like this. I am hoping they aren't going to over-breed pears into tasteless lumps, like they have done to most apples....
No, it just means they were picked before they were ripe.
