Carlos where are you located? Anjou and Bartlett do great in some areas but are doomed in dallas.

Anjou and Bartlett may be ok there. Hopefully a poster close to you will tell us.

Fwiw I love my keiffer here in dallas but many people across the country don't care for them.

sounds good mary.at the moment i'm checking this website.they sell to my local nurseries.

http://www.davewilson.com:8080/product-information/product/pears

Myself I am partial to the sugar type pears . I currently have Stark's Sugar Sweet , Starking Delicious (Maxine ) , Ayers , Moonglow and the old time Bartlett ( not what they sell now ) . Starking Delicious is a large pear but a lot like a sugar type . Very smooth grit free flesh . I would reccomend it . It needs a pollinator . I use Sugar Sweet as I had these 2 at my other house for years . All my pears are young trees at this house . I will be using the old Bartlett as food plot trees for the deer . They hang on the tree into late September and early October . Finally mostly on the ground by Halloween . Perfect for our deer season .

moonglow is simulaur to bartlett and it is fireblight resistant. If i lived in california there any many things i would try that I won't dare try here in alabama. you should have very little worry about blight in california.