A liqueur made from the Williams Christ pear is special because it tastes good. But the ripe pear fruit in the bottle will amaze you. It will never fit through the bottleneck and yet it is there. How does it work?
How does the Williams pear get into the bottle?
First trick: The ripe pear goes into a bottle without a bottom, then thebottom is glued onand covered with a label. Second trick: The bottle is placed over a very small fruit on the pear tree so that itgrows directly in it and ripens.
How does a large pear get through the neck of the bottle?
A large, ripe pear will not fit through the neck of the bottle. That's why a trick has to be used. The pear ripens on the tree and is then put into the bottle. There must be a sufficientlylarge opening, usually this is the floor. The opening is then glued“invisibly” and often also covered with a label. This is a working method for industry, but not for home.
How can I make the bulb grow into the bottle?
You need a bulbous bottle with a short neck and mounting materials. The pear must neither slip out of the bottle nor must the weight of the bottle tear the pear from the branch. These are the steps:
- Clean the bottle thoroughly and let it dry
- wait for fruit to form on the tree
- choosing a small, well-shaped pear
- on a well-suited, thicker branch (for holding and fastening the bottle)
- Remove leaves and shoots around them
- also remove immediately adjacent fruits
- Place the bottle on the branch and if necessary use rubber rings etc. attach
- Carefully insert the bulb into the bottle
When do I have to harvest the pear and fill it with alcohol?
The bottle stays on the tree until the pear isripe. Then you can separate it from the branch and it can slide deeper into the bottle. Because you should add alcohol immediatelyafter harvesting Because the alcohol also serves to preserve the fruit. If you wait for a long time, the fruit may spoil and all the effort and waiting would be in vain.
How long can the pear stay in the bottle?
The pear can easily stay in the bottle for awhole year. But she has to becovered in alcohol all the time. If alcohol from the bottle is used up, it must be refilled with new alcohol as soon as possible. This is exactly why two bottles are sometimes sold as a set. A decorative bottle with the pear and a bottle with just alcohol used for refilling.
How do I get the pear out of the bottle?
Only if you carefully break thebottlecan you “free” the bulb as a whole. However, it will not last long and is not edible. If you are interested in the beautiful bottle, you can insert a long, pointed object,pearwith itcut up and shake the pieces out of the bottle.
What is meant by a bottle bulb?
There is a winter variety called Bosc's bottle pear. The name bottle pear has to do with the fact that the shape of the fruit is reminiscent of a bottle. It is anold, very easy-care pear variety that can thrive well in the home garden.
Tip
Set up multiple bottles to increase your chances of success
The trick devised by an expert named William, in which the pear grows into the bottle, does not work in every case. The success rate is around 50%. If you want to be sure to harvest a ripe pear and bottle, you should start several attempts in parallel.
