Not getting to eat my pears!

For the second year, my conference pears have gone off before they've even ripened, so I haven't been able to enjoy them.

Does the banana trick work with pears like it does for tomatoes? I would like to think I might get to enjoy next year's crop!

 

Hi Nikirushka,

I nay be being a bit thick here. But what do you mean by " gone off before they've even ripened ".

I've always believed that fruit that has gone off is over ripened. I.E. it's past its best.

 

By "gone off"....

Do you mean going brown in the middle, around the core?
Or, as I suspect, do you mean going brown and soft at the top of the pear, at the base of the stem?

 

They are developing pockets of soft, blackening flesh with mouldy bits and are still absolutely rock hard, as if I just picked them off the tree (I picked them a couple of weeks ago). So maybe yes, they are ready just not as I expect them to be!

 

This is the last one. The patch at the top on this one is dry but slowly spreading, the others have gone squishy and black in round patches. This one has some give overall but I've taken a chunk out the other side to test it and it's hard and crunchy as hell, not pleasant!