Mine does the same. Only thing I know is trim branches back rather severely -- best done in spring just after flowering is done.

Highly cultivated fruit trees are chosen to produce good fruit, but then are often lacking in other aspects, like good branch-structure...

the best thing to do.. might be to talk with the fruit nuts in the fruit forum ...

mine and dads has done the same thing for decades.. between us ...

when it all boils down.. one has to go a bit zen ... and understand the tree is the one doing this... so it should be able to cope .. and what is there for us to do??? ... beside perhaps prune out any breakage.. if and when it happens.. and i really dont recall such ...

the worse is hitting one of those rocks at speed on a riding lawn mower, with your big whompin head ... thats usually when i trim that branch.. lol ...

i hope you know how to ripen them.. they fall off the tree rock hard also ... dad used to put them on the picnic table in shade for a week or two.. and they would start to yellow and soften ... i figure .. guess... they are a true rootceller fruit ... being stored green.. and being available to eat.. later in the season or winter.. when other things are long gone ... just like they used to do with apples ... but i never researched it ... mostly because i didnt have a hole in the ground called a root celler ...

grandma had a pear in the yard... rather exciting time of year.. when these rocks started falling from 60 feet up ... lol .. no clue if they were bartlett ...

ken

Thin some of the fruit to lessen the weight. Also, you can prop up the branches with pieces of wood (2X4s).

i think i tried thinning... might not be any left by the time the branch lightens ... and you would take them from the far end ... leave those where teh branch is thicker ....

braces are problematic ... as i never could figure out where to place them.. so as to not cause actual further damage ...

link us to your post in the fruit forum ...

ken

Better provide some supports. I can tell you from experience, that even when they've bent to the ground under the weight of the fruits, and you think "Whew, that limber branch is gonna be OK now"...it's gonna snap!