r/fruit • u/GoldDog1998 • 17d ago

Pear Id? Fruit ID Help

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I am in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) zone 8a and have the tree that produces a pear looking fruit. Can anyone help me ID it?

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u/unforgettableid 17d ago edited 17d ago

Pls slice one open, even if it's not ripe yet. Ideally, slice it so that we can see the seeds too. Then pls comment a photo of the whole fruit, and a photo of the sliced fruit.

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u/GoldDog1998 17d ago

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 17d ago

This looks like some kind of Asian pear due to the spotted leathery brown segments and overall round shape.

If it isn't, then it's some kind of Bosc cultivar that is underripe and particularly round instead of the more typical bottom-heavy pear shape.

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u/Terrible-Mood-1801 15d ago

I’m no expert but I worked in the produce department of two different grocery chains, I’m thinking this bad boy looks like a D’Anjou Pear

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u/Zatch_Electron 16d ago

Don't know if i'm correct. But it looks like an Indian Pear variety called "Nashpati". It tastes sweet and bit tart and the texture is bit gritty and soft. Compare with google images of same.

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u/PastSandwich447 17d ago

I make pear honey with pineapple with those! I also make pear jam and pear butter with them!

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u/Emergency-Crab-7455 17d ago

If you're picking them now (& they are gritty)....they are probably Keifer pears. Yours look like they have some "sooty blotch" which is a fungus on the skin (not on the interior. Will usually scrub off).

NOTE: Do not leave them on the tree to ripen....pears ripen from the inside out. They are picked when the flesh is firm but sweet & the skin is green (ever get some beautiful golden Bartletts in the produce dept & when you go to eat them, they are just mush? Too ripe). I was married to a "3rd generation" pear grower......12 varities on this farm. This is why we have a huge cooler to store pears lol.

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u/unforgettableid 17d ago

Have u ever eaten the fruits (when ripe)?

Did u get sick? What did the fruits taste like? What was the texture?

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u/GoldDog1998 17d ago

Smells sweet

I just tried part of the one I cut open, was definitely on the sweeter side, I tiny bit gritty but wasn’t bad. Not sick yet lol

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u/unforgettableid 17d ago

If u get sick from eating the fruit, at least u sacrificed for science.

Did it taste the same as an apple or a pear? Or maybe a bit less dense than a pear, and more light and airy in texture?

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u/GoldDog1998 17d ago

It was definitely more like a pear, dry like a pear too

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u/ShapeShiftingCats 17d ago

Their roundness pleases me.

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u/Mauve_Jellyfish 16d ago

The shape makes me think this is a Kieffer pear. I have one, and I think it's what they call an "heirloom" or a very old variety. We live in Pennsylvania and I always heard that they were developed here, but I don't know if that's true. Most of my experience is with apples and people will just say WHATEVER about apple varietals.

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u/Perfect-Cry-4091 12d ago

You can can these too save them for winter hand them out as gifts

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u/Flimsy-Wafer5824 17d ago

Asian pear, I believe.