Conference pear
Pyrus communis 'Conference' · Pome fruit
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The Conference is Britain's everyday pear and the one most likely to be in the bowl — a long, narrow fruit drawn out to a slim tapering neck, its dull green skin overlaid with a warm bronze-brown russet that bands and freckles the surface. The flesh is pale cream, juicy and sweet with a slightly granular, melting texture, and the tree crops so reliably and stores so well that it has dominated UK and Low-Country orchards for well over a century.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Just ripeEat itNeck yields, body still firm. Slices clean for salads, cheese, tarts.
NeckGives to gentle thumb press
FleshBody still firm to a thumb
SkinTaut with a faint sheen
SmellFaint sweetness at the neck
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What you get from one
90%
Edible part
178 g · core out
198 g
Weight each
each one
70%
Juice
700 ml a kilo, pressed
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 7× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Vented, never airtight
Airflow