September 24, 1992
There's a world of pears out there. Bulbous-bottomed beauties vie for attention with tall, slender-necked Boscs. The red blush of a dwarfish Seckel competes with a freckled Forelle for the image of a perfect pear. But just what does pear perfection look like? Is it a colossal Comice dripping with juice, a brilliant red Bartlett's rosy neon glow or the crunch and gush of a flint-crisp apple pear? At last count there were more than 5,000 named varieties, but less than 30 of these are cultivated on a large...