date:Aug 11, 2016
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Naumes Inc. began shipping pears to India in 2015 and is boxing its first 2016 crop for shipment to the subcontinent this week.
We're always concerned about the long transit ride and the maturing of the pears on the ride, Naumes said. They're about 30 days on the water.
The fruit is chilled to a core temperature of 30 degrees to slow ripening before packing, he said.
Once the pears hit the dock, they're taken to supermarkets wi