Look at this pear tree. I took off so many pears hopefully it will survive
Want pears for Christmas? Gather some in September as they ripen. Dig a hole with post hole digger. Wrap pears tightly in newspaper. Put sawdust in the bottom and start putting pears into the sawdust as you fill the hold up. pack sawdust around the pears. Put some soil back over the top when done. Dig em up come Christmas.
My Dad and I did this one year long long time ago. Pears didn't rot and tasted like fresh pears when we dug them up.
Sorry to derail your thread Jim but looks like you got enough pears to give it a try.
Most kieffer trees are slap loaded to the ground this year. Limbs breaking down. Lots of pears dropping early along with persimmons self thinning. Should be a good year for fruit for all the critters.