Blooms: Early-Mid Spring. Requires cross-pollination. Fruit color: Green. Large sized fruit. Harvest late September. Still tasty seven months later. This pear hits all the right notes. It’s cold-hardy and vigorous, and its keeping quality is unparalleled at up to seven months. Bright green and very firm at harvest, with a tinge of yellow as it ripens. Subtly sweet, fine-textured flesh.