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Pear

bosc-thumbMushrooms come to us as cultivated, grown in some manner by man, or, as wild, originating in wooded forests. Interestingly enough, cultivated mushrooms do not grow in the wild and wild mushrooms have yet to be successfully cultivated by man.

Pear - Asian

Resembling a cross between an apple and a pear-firm, crunch and very juicy.

Pear - Bartlett

Juicy, sweet, buttery flesh

Pear - Comice

A perfect pear for eating out of hand or in salads.  Its tender skin is blushed with red covering small to large areas and turns pale green and yellow when ripe.

Pear - French Butter

Greenish to yellow skin with bronze russeting, juicy aromatic flesh with hints of rose water.

Pear - Golden Bosc

Perhaps the most useful and commonly available variety for cooking., a ripe Bosc will still be firm with dense, tender flesh that is honey-sweet, rich and aromatic and will give ever so slightly when gently pressed.

Pear - Red Bartlett

aka, Crimson Red Pears

Juicy, sweet, buttery flesh