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humblehillsfarm said:
Ooo If you're into canning I have a recipe for a GREAT pear pie filling. Better than apple! I've read you should remove some of the fruits from each bunch so the tree can put more energy into the remaining fruits (but I don't have pear trees on my current property so maybe someone else can confirm/refute this)
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Makes perfect sense though. When I'm foraging for back yard medicine I never clear a patch of anything completely for the same reason. But thank you for saying that because I wouldn't of thought of that part. But considering 90% of them are up there I would like to get most or at least some. Not very many were growing on the lower branches and I have four very large goats so anything under 5 foot was gone quick.
And I've never actually had A pear tree. How can you tell when they're ready for picking?
 
Rachel Taylor said:
Makes perfect sense though. When I'm foraging for back yard medicine I never clear a patch of anything completely for the same reason. But thank you for saying that because I wouldn't of thought of that part. But considering 90% of them are up there I would like to get most or at least some. Not very many were growing on the lower branches and I have four very large goats so anything under 5 foot was gone quick.
And I've never actually had A pear tree. How can you tell when they're ready for picking?
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Well it depends on the variety. Pears meant for eating now don't store well and have a softer flesh and will start to smell fragrant when ready. Other pears meant for long term storage are pretty hard. I had them as a kid and I'd just pull off a big one and bite into it to see if it was ripe! They will ripen off the tree too. My mom will pick unripe ones and bring large bags to me, but I'll lose a few to rot that way. Still worth it. Google might be able to tell you more. She has Bartlett (or Williams) pears, they are hard and known for canning. https://usapears.org/bartlett/
 
The only problem with the extension ladder is the way the tree is shaped there really wouldn't be a very good way to set it there. And be able to reach anything because I definitely thought of that. I don't have any type of scaffolding around. Maybe if I had a second A-frame ladder I could create some but I only have one
 
Pie filling recipe would be awesome. But I Love to be able to pull out canned fruit that's just the fruit in the winter also. That's why I was so excited to see them because there's more than enough to do both with
 
I'm actually not sure what type they are. Didn't realize it was a pear tree till my goat brought one over to me when they started growing. I moved here in November
 
Rachel Taylor said:
Pie filling recipe would be awesome. But I Love to be able to pull out canned fruit that's just the fruit in the winter also. That's why I was so excited to see them because there's more than enough to do both with
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Oh yeah, I canned 5 quarts of pie filling last August and only used two so far... It's not like I bake a pie on the regular. I still have probably 30 quarts of just pears in simple syrup!
 

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