
Apples beat pears on crunch issue
Just why pears are prone to rot faster than apples can now be explained by science.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7501420.stm
Yes and they can very well also. My aunt had a pear tree but keeping them fresh for long after picked was always hard to do. We used to wrap them in newspaper then in straw in the cold cellar seemed to help but canning was the real answer for long term.