Pear Comice

Comice pears range in size from small to large and have a distinctly campanulate shape with a large bulbous base and a short, well-defined neck that connects to a thick, brown-green stem. The yellow-green skin is smooth with prominent lenticels or pores and may have a red tinge on one side of the fruit where the sun’s rays were most direct. The skin is soft, very fragile, and bruises easily. The flesh is ivory to whitish and is silky, creamy, moist, and fine-grained. When ripe, Comice pears have a buttery, very juicy texture, are highly aromatic, and have an exceptionally sweet, mild, and earthy flavor.