Editing Pear (section)

== Storage ==

Pears may be stored at room temperature until ripe.<ref name="cpma">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100225202814/http://www.cpma.ca/en_hea_storage.asp Canadian Produce Marketing Association > Home Storage Guide for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables]. cpma.ca</ref> Pears are ripe when the flesh around the stem gives to gentle pressure.<ref name="cpma" /> Ripe pears are optimally stored refrigerated, uncovered in a single layer, where they have a shelf life of 2 to 3 days.<ref name="cpma" />

Pears ripen at room temperature. Ripening is accelerated by the gas [[Ethylene as a plant hormone|ethylene]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Himmelblau |first1=David M. |title=Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering |last2=Riggs |first2=James B. |date=2022 |publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-0-13-732717-1 |edition=Ninth |series=International series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences |location=Boston}}</ref>  If pears are placed next to [[banana]]s in a fruit bowl, the ethylene emitted by the banana causes the pears to ripen.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/413 |title=Pears can be ripened to perfection |work=extension.oregonstate.edu |year=2011 |author1=Scott, Judy  |author2=Sugar, David   |name-list-style=amp |access-date=30 August 2011}}</ref> Refrigeration will slow further ripening. According to Pear Bureau Northwest, most varieties show little color change as they ripen (though the skin on Bartlett pears changes from green to yellow as they ripen).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usapears.org/Recipes%20And%20Lifestyle/Culinary%20Corner/Produce-Guide.aspx |title=Pear Bureau Northwest |publisher=Usapears.org |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223532/http://www.usapears.org/Recipes%20And%20Lifestyle/Culinary%20Corner/Produce-Guide.aspx |archive-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>