HOW TO STORE: Ripe pears can keep in the refrigerator for up to a week. Firm pears can be ripened at room temperature. HOW TO USE THEM: Other than eating them out of hand, red pears make a vibrant ...

(Asian pears, however, do ripen on the tree ... Egg-shaped and bright green, sometimes with a red blush. Other than color, red and green Anjou are basically interchangeable, although Saveur ...

Anjou pears sold in a sealed, clear plastic, four-pear pack with a newly developed sensor that changes color to tell you when the pears are ripe. The sensor changes from red to orange to orange ...

If the pear yields slightly, it's ripe. Color is not an accurate gauge of ripeness, even less so with new varieties. Most Bartletts, for instance, will turn from green to yellow, but some red ...

Slightly rounder than Barlett pears, Anjou pears come in green or red varieties and don’t change color when fully ripe. Thought to have originated in Belgium or France, these pears have a ...

Red Bartlett pears have a slightly shorter season than green Bartlett with availability running August to December. Their red skin will brighten as they ripen with their flesh getting juicier and ...