D’Anjou Pears

Melissa’s Korean Pears are crunchy, juicy and sweet. Extreme care is taken while growing these pears; the outcome is a clean, blemish-free fruit. Unlike Western pears, Korean Pears are round and large in size. The skin of the pear has a light, brownish-yellow tint while the inner flesh is white. This variety is cultivated to have an extremely thin skin, which is sweet not bitter.

Flamingo is an early season pear variety from the Southern Hemisphere first developed in South Africa and now grown with substantial commercial volume in Chile. It is a cross between a Bon Rouge and a Forelle pear.

The variety has an attractive ruby red blush over a green/yellow skin coloring; the juicy sweet white interior fruit has a crisp-firm texture. All pears can be enjoyed fresh or used for cooking, baking, or canning.

Flamingo Pears are especially beautiful in salads because of their colorful skin shade. These pears are also ideal for baking or eating raw with cheese.

Melissa’s Organic Bosc Pears have a long tapering neck, and earthy brown skin which is oftentimes mottled. For those unfamiliar with Bosc, they are distinguishable because of their firmer flesh and spicy flavor.

Organic Bosc Pears make a healthy and delicious snack, but they are also good poached or baked whole.

Melissa’s Organic label reads: “Melissa’s Certified Organic Produce is free of artificial or synthetic fertilizers and full of unforgettable, great tasting flavor. Our farmers use traditional earth-friendly farming methods inspected by a nationally recognized agency to verify organic authenticity. Melissa’s Organic Produce, a choice made closer to nature.”
Melissa’s Organic Bosc Pears are hand-selected for excellent quality. To ripen store pears at room temperature for up to one week. Pears may be refrigerated to stop ripening process. Organic produce should not be stacked with non-organic produce.

Forelle pears are a very small, tasty heirloom variety with a history that can be traced to 17^th century Germany in origin. Forelle is German for “trout” – the name stems from the pear’s beautiful red blush over greenish yellow skin that is similar to the coloring of the rainbow trout. When ripe, the fruit texture is a little firmer than most other pears. This variety’s flavor is extra sweet with distinct cinnamon spice tones.