When do Commice pears generally ripen

[bikermike]

My little commice pear trees are heavily fruited, and I'm worried that if they get much bigger then the branches may break.

Roughly how long until they should be ripe?

[burnie]

My daughter inherited what I think is a Commice, I usually thin a few off if they don't fall off and poach them in Rose wine.

[nickdub]

One thing to remember about pears is that, unlike early apples, you should pick them a bit green and ripen them off the tree. It's impossible to give a precise date as it will vary from place to place, and year to year. As a rule of thumb if you lift a pear up in your hand and give it a slight tug and twist it should come away from the spur relatively easily when it is ready for picking.

If it was my tree I'd try taking a few of the ones which get most light off now, leaving them inside in a bowl for a week and seeing how they go. If they shrivel instead of ripening you were too early, but they can still be cooked as suggested above.

[Nicos]

As an aside....I have a rather old and fragile apple tree which some years fruits very heavily.
One year we lost a huge branch because of the weight of the fruit ...since then we use sticks (like clothes props for a washing line) jammed underneath for additional support.
Just worth thinking about maybe?

[devonuk]

Usually October but everything down here is a month early this year (Opal plums beginning of July, Katy apples have been ripe for a week) and my pears look like being the same.