My grandparents planted this Bosc pear tree about 70 years ago.

Apart from Bosc pears, which are harder than the other kinds, they should be soft to the touch.

But the Bosc pear isn't just some fruit tree.

Bosc pears, which ripen very slowly, are excellent for poaching as well.

At this time of year, I usually use Bosc pears, which are not too expensive and lend themselves well to long cooking.

Our ancient Bosc pear seemed so much lighter, so unburdened.

Bosc pears have narrow necks and papery brown skins.

Current appetizers include a grilled bosc pear with baby greens, goat cheese and vinaigrette.

Fruits get a light buff with either product (but not Bosc pears, which look best with their natural, dull skin).

A Bosc pear heaved by the cart operator sailed past Eve's window.

Bartlett and Bosc pears are both good for cooking and their elegant shape always makes an attractive dessert.

Bosc may refer to a type of pear, the Bosc pear.

For cooking, I prefer Bosc pears.

Ya pears taste similar to a mild Bosc pear, but are crisp, with a higher water content and lower sugar content.

"When I started, I didn't know the difference between a Bartlett and a Bosc pear," she said.

He has a small body and a large head shaped like an upside-down Bosc pear, thick hair edged with gray, and wire-rimmed glasses.

But most growers say they cannot foresee a mechanical picker handling something as delicate as a bosc pear or an empire apple.

Or a Greenmarket offering golden bosc pears, inviting one to splurge for the shelled peas too, and maybe even a bunch of tulips?

I noticed that two limbs of a Bartlett tree bore fruits with russeted skins, bronzed like Bosc pears.

Appetizers include an endive salad with Roquefort, Bosc pears and walnuts, escargots and steamed mussels.

We also relished the warm brie with honey-spiced walnuts, served with paper-thin slices of red Bosc pear, in a honey port reduction.

Black Hound combines quartered Bosc pears and nuts: the pears are baked in pastry, with a creamy pistachio-almond frangipani buried inside.

For dessert sweet Bosc pear poached in red wine was served with a dab of rich mascarpone on the side and a ball of sharp chocolate sorbet.

It was an engaging mesclun mix of baby greens combined with walnut halves, bosc pear slices, crumbles of Gorgonzola and a piquant lemon vinaigrette.

Mrs. Sorensen is teaching herself the art of espalier with three different apple trees, including a mid-19th-century variety, Cox's Orange Pippin, and a Bosc pear.

My grandparents planted this Bosc pear tree about 70 years ago.

Apart from Bosc pears, which are harder than the other kinds, they should be soft to the touch.

But the Bosc pear isn't just some fruit tree.

Bosc pears, which ripen very slowly, are excellent for poaching as well.

At this time of year, I usually use Bosc pears, which are not too expensive and lend themselves well to long cooking.

Our ancient Bosc pear seemed so much lighter, so unburdened.

Bosc pears have narrow necks and papery brown skins.

Current appetizers include a grilled bosc pear with baby greens, goat cheese and vinaigrette.

Fruits get a light buff with either product (but not Bosc pears, which look best with their natural, dull skin).

A Bosc pear heaved by the cart operator sailed past Eve's window.

Bartlett and Bosc pears are both good for cooking and their elegant shape always makes an attractive dessert.

Bosc may refer to a type of pear, the Bosc pear.

For cooking, I prefer Bosc pears.

Ya pears taste similar to a mild Bosc pear, but are crisp, with a higher water content and lower sugar content.

"When I started, I didn't know the difference between a Bartlett and a Bosc pear," she said.

He has a small body and a large head shaped like an upside-down Bosc pear, thick hair edged with gray, and wire-rimmed glasses.

But most growers say they cannot foresee a mechanical picker handling something as delicate as a bosc pear or an empire apple.

Or a Greenmarket offering golden bosc pears, inviting one to splurge for the shelled peas too, and maybe even a bunch of tulips?

I noticed that two limbs of a Bartlett tree bore fruits with russeted skins, bronzed like Bosc pears.

Appetizers include an endive salad with Roquefort, Bosc pears and walnuts, escargots and steamed mussels.

We also relished the warm brie with honey-spiced walnuts, served with paper-thin slices of red Bosc pear, in a honey port reduction.

Black Hound combines quartered Bosc pears and nuts: the pears are baked in pastry, with a creamy pistachio-almond frangipani buried inside.

For dessert sweet Bosc pear poached in red wine was served with a dab of rich mascarpone on the side and a ball of sharp chocolate sorbet.

It was an engaging mesclun mix of baby greens combined with walnut halves, bosc pear slices, crumbles of Gorgonzola and a piquant lemon vinaigrette.

Mrs. Sorensen is teaching herself the art of espalier with three different apple trees, including a mid-19th-century variety, Cox's Orange Pippin, and a Bosc pear.

The Beurré Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European Pear (Pyrus communis) grown in the northwestern U.S. states of California, Washington, and Oregon; Australia; as well as in British Columbia, Ontario and Europe, where it is sometimes called Kaiser.