It’s been a great season for pears here at Wickham’s Fruit Farm. Experience the flavors of pear season by buying several of our pears, a couple jars of honey that comes from bees on our own farmland, and combine them with a little lemon juice and whiskey to make a honey and pear cocktail.
Tag Archives: pears
Aurora pears
We have a large harvest this year of Aurora pears, which is a top-ranked pear variety. We encourage you to come down and buy a few extra bags of our Aurora pears for your upcoming needs, as they keep well.
Poached pears
September 14 · An elegant dessert of pears poached in a mixture of spices and port wine, fromwww.mygourmetconnection.com : 6 medium-size pears 3 1/2 cups port wine 1 cup water 1 1/4 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 tablespoons lemon juice 6 large strips lemon zest 1 cinnamon stick 6 whole cloves 1. Place the port, …
Pears
September 6 · Our featured pear this week at the farmstand is a variety named Aurora, which is one of the world’s highest-quality pear varieties. It has an aromatic flavor, keeps well in storage into the late part of the year, and works well in desserts. Our other pear offerings include Bartlett and Gorham.
Flemish Beauty
August 31 · In this early part of the pear season at Wickham’s Fruit Farm, our pear varieties include Bartlett, Aurora, and .
Pears are on the stand
Autumn offerings
Our autumn offerings at Wickham’s include our traditional cold-press apple cider, apple turnovers, pies, jams, apple cider donuts, pumpkins, pears, pick-your-own apples, wagon rides, and the ability to experience the landscape of a traditional North Fork working farm, not virtually, but live, in person… the real thing.
Pears are on the stand.
Orchard Tour
May 17 at 5:18pm · Wickham’s Fruit Farm is pleased to offer an orchard tour with Tom Wickham and Parnel Wickham on Saturday May 20 at 10AM to benefit the Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society & Museums. $5 is the suggested donation, children admitted free, contact Ed Marlatt at (646) 248-0640. Tour begins at Wickham’s Fruit Farm …
climacteric fruit
[xf_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” animation_type=” animation_duration=’0.5′ animation_delay=’0.5′] Pears are what is known as a climacteric fruit. They can be harvested while they are still unripe, and will ripen after being picked. [/xf_textblock]