Common Pear, European Pear, Beurre d'Anjou 'D'Anjou'

We had this tree at the house when we bought it. Its defantly an old tree. Pears are suposed to be picked and let sit. I wait till after ...Read Morethey get the blush. The timeing is hard. If you do it too early they wont ripen enough and too late and all your fruit falls off the tree and smashed on the ground. Pick some fruit and let it sit a few days then tast. I get more fruit then me, my family, the squrles, the racoons and the birds seem to know what to do with.

Planted one Anjou, mainly just to pollinate a Bartlett we were also planting. We have yet to see a single blossom on the Bartlett but the...Read More Anjou was filled with blossoms after just a year or two, and we harvested five pears from it this year. Something must be pollinating it, because it's not our Bartlett. Jury is still out on the taste for us, husband said "not the best" but not sure if we ate them at the right time (probably too early). It has been a fun little tree while we wait (hopefully!) for our Bartlett to kick in.

Mid City Nursery, offers this description: " Large, short-necked, firm, good quality, keeps well. Harvest September 1st, one month after...Read More Bartlett in Central California. 800 hours. Pollinated by Bartlett."