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Article: PEAR PAIRINGS\ WINTER IS PEAK SEASON FOR MARKETING THE NORTHWEST HARVEST.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2006
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Byline: Joyce Rosencrans Post food editor
Most people picture bell-shaped Bartletts when they're jotting pears on their shopping lists.
But Bartletts are the first pear-of-the-season, and that season would be autumn.
Winter pears begin around the holidays when the deluxe fruit-basket pear comes into produce departments. This would be the smooth-fleshed, juicy Comice pear. It's nearly round in shape, a real treat to slice for dessert using Victorian-era, mother-of-pearl fruit knives, if you got 'em. Otherwise, check out flea markets and antique malls; you're sure to find a few sets of six fruit knives, dainty and diminutive -- a most ...