[chrissie B]

well at long last there are pears on out tree and they are for the most looking good , although there are a number that are not growing and have gone dark , i was wondering should we pick off the smaller darker fruit or will the tree shed them itself , we are so excited it will be the first year that all our trees have fruit .
Chrissie b

[chrissie B]

is there no pear experts looking in      
chrissie b

[Earl Grey]

Hi,
I'm no expert but can share what happend regularly with a pear tree I used to have in my garden. In early summer it used to shed several of the small fruit and I understand this to be natures way of dealing with any excess fruit to ensure the remainder have a better chance of ripening.
I never had to intervene and got a decent crop of fruit.

[chrissie B]

thanks for the help , i will leave well alone then mother natures been around longer than me .
chrissie b

[gobs]

I'm no expert either, but most trees will self drop. Check a few of these fruit just to make sure, that they don't have some soft rot.