date:Mar 13, 2014
n last year while pears are down 8.4% (1,322,418 cartons).
Pears
Some varieties seem to have suffered a lot more than others this season, the varieties with the biggest loss is Doyenne Du Comice which is down 34%, closely followed by the Beurre Hardy with 32% less. The Beurre Bosc and Vermont Beauty were down 20%.
Du Preeze explained this because these are old cultivars which are systematically being grubbed and replaced by other cultivars which is one of the reasons for the big reductions