[lancashiregardeninggal]

Got quite a lot this year.  I know you have to pick em before they are ripe and have done this before but never had so many.  Is there any expert pear pickers, storers out there who can give me any tips on what to do best, I got a couple of tree fuls.

[Trillium]

There's some good advice on both these sites:

http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/tree004/tree004.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3344695/How-to-pick-and-store-your-fruit-harvest.html

The key point is that you must regularly check the storage pears because once they're ripe, they'll spoil very fast.

[lancashiregardeninggal]

There's some good advice on both these sites:

http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/tree004/tree004.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3344695/How-to-pick-and-store-your-fruit-harvest.html

The key point is that you must regularly check the storage pears because once they're ripe, they'll spoil very fast.

Trillium, two great links there and much appreciated.  I had never heard about keeping them cool before.  Nice one.