Last week I wrote about heirloom apples. Well, yesterday Scott and I picked up our final box of fresh fruit from our CSA, Future Fruit Farm in Ridgeway, WI. Among the varieties included was an Aurora pear. Ellen, who tends the orchard with husband Bob and daughter Selena, made a note in our newsletter: “We’ve been taking care of these trees for 28 years and this is the first year we have received fruit from them! We got 1 bushel of these pears, so each member’s box includes one Aurora Pear.”
Aurora pear from Future Fruit Farm
Yikes. Twenty-eight years. I am in awe of Ellen and Bob’s patience and labor and faith.
The pear also reminded me of the passage I shared last week about Kristina, an immigrant woman who longed for a taste of her favorite apple.
When I searched for more information about Aurora pears, I quickly found a catalog description: “Exceptionally high quality—maybe the world’s best.” (cumminsnursery.com)
The Aurora pear in our box was not fruit to be casually chopped into a crisp, or mushed into jam. I sliced it up. We savored each piece. It was delicious.
Ready to enjoy.
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