Rained last night so spent part of the day canning pears from Utah. I assume they were Bartlett, but don't know.

While peeling, I noticed a number of them had little brown spots just under the skin. These spots were much firmer than the rest of the pear and would pop out fairly easily. Generally small, about the size of a radish seed or so. I could see nothing out of the ordinary when looking at the skin to indicate there was a spot inside. Some pears would have several, most had none. They reminded me of the granules that pears often have, but I had never seen them colored brown or just barely under the skin.

Anybody have any idea what these are?