how to pick pears from tree
We have a very large pear tree in our backyard with is now full of pears that need to be picked. Is there someone I can hire to do this? Frankly, I don’t know how one would get to the upper branches.
We have a very large pear tree in our backyard with is now full of pears that need to be picked. Is there someone I can hire to do this? Frankly, I don’t know how one would get to the upper branches.
Either that, or get a stick; throw it up into the branches, and if any of the fruit are ready-to-eat, they will fall…
It’s pretty early to be harvesting pears. I’d wait another month. But all the suggestions above will work for picking, depending on the size of the tree.
Buy a fruit picker. It is a long telescoping pole with a claw basket at the end- I keep an old pot holder at the bottom of the basket to cushon the fruit. You pick the friut piece by piece but it really doesn’t take too long. Ask at a big hardware store– maybe it’s called an apple picker.
Hang a net around the base of the tree and shake the limbs with a long pole. The ripe ones will fall.
My neighbor has a large pear tree. He loses about half his pears to small burrowing bees. But the rest are fabulous. I made a sangria with it and another neighbor made something called “mother’s love” with it, based on his homemade vodka. It’s lethal.
You can use a ladder to reach the upper branches.
The other option is this: put some blankets or sheets on the floor around the base of the trunk and shake the tree gently. The ones that fall from the top may get bruised, but you can still eat them if you hurry, or just use them for cooking and making preserves or compotes.
Pears are delicious and work great with chocolate. Enjoy!
Have you eaten any? Are they tasty? Mrs. Limestone makes this great dessert call a pear clafouti (not really a cake or pie, it’s French and delicious).
Mr. Limestone