Among European pears, we think of varieties such as Bartlett, Comice and Anjou ... called Century 21 took me over two hours for one tree to thin properly, so it was eliminated from my ...

But a few specialty pears such as Comice, Seckel, Forelle and Concorde ... president of the Washington Tree Fruit Association. “Like the trend that we’ve seen in apples with more club ...

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 ...

The pear tree was immortalized alongside a partridge in the 18th century ... Of the 300 varieties of pears there is one special variety, the Comice, known as the Christmas pear. Pears are among the ...

A visitor's guide to the origin of the Doyenné du Comice pear, “mother" of the Royal Riviera ... with a giant skylight and outdoor deck enveloping a chestnut tree, makes it feel like a world way from ...

You may need to remove some of the largest branches in order to properly thin your pear tree. This can feel nerve-racking at the first attempt, but try to remember how vital it is to overall health.

Concord and Doyenne du Comice. This is according to Andi Wilson, owner of the Westport-based specialist nursery Fruit and Nut. Perhaps this Christmas you can give someone a pear tree that they ...

Charcoal-roasted and flavoured with house-made vegetable-based ‘fish sauce’, thin slices of the fruit overlap atop a small mound of baby artichokes, viola artichoke custard, comice pear sorbet ...

If left to ripen on the tree, Bartletts and Boscs ... for example, while Bosc and Comice pears need five to seven days. Meanwhile, they just sit there on the counter, in an heirloom wooden ...