Also known as a Williams pear, Bartletts have the most classic shape, color, and juicy flavor you crave when you hear the word pear. Unique to these pears is that their color changes while they ripen. If you want a crisp, tart taste, eat when the pears are green; for mildly sweet and tender, eat when they are yellow-green; if you are looking for melt-in-your mouth bursts of juiciness, wait until the fruit is golden.
Germantown, NY
Klein’s Kill Fruit Farms is a fourth-generation family-owned and operated farm in Germantown, NY, in the heart of the Hudson Valley. Founded in 1921 by Antonio Bartolotta and Jesse Cooper, the farm has grown to 600 acres, including approximately 400 acres of apples and 60 acres of stone fruit, primarily peaches. Klein’s Kill grows a wide variety of apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, and pears, and uses integrated pest management and other best growing practices to produce high-quality fruit. The Bartolotta family continues to grow, pack, and market their fruit from the farm, carrying on more than a century of Hudson Valley farming tradition.
