For one thing, they achieve their best flavor and smoothest texture when ripened off the tree ... the winter pear label. The leading winter varieties include the Anjou, Bosc, Comice (my personal ...

Smooth-skinned Comice is the dumpiest of pears with a squat body and a short ... They ripen best on the tree, and are often packed carefully, with a protective layer of insulation around each ...

Summer pears you can eat fresh from the tree. But all other varieties ... I like Doyenné du Comice very much indeed. Also, Fondante d'Automne (called Belle Lucrative in U.S.) is wonderful.

January is the start of fruit-tree time, a brief window of ... Most people are familiar with store-bought pears such as 'Bartlett', 'Doyenne du Comice' (a.k.a. 'Comice'), 'Bosc', 'Anjou', 'Warren ...

Comice was bred in Angers in the 19th century, and Clapp’s Favorite was bred in Massachusetts in the mid-19th century. The Seckel pear was a single tree found growing in northern Delaware in pre ...

Should I cut the tree down because it can’t make ... it only takes about one or two days to be ready to eat. Yet if the pears are Anjou, Bosc or Comice, it could take two weeks to six weeks.