California Bartlett pear tonnage will be down in 2008 versus 2007 based on the estimate released by the California Pear Advisory Board in their meeting last week. The drop in tonnage is mostly due to the frost that occurred in California earlier this year. They expect to pack 58,000 tons of fresh Bartlett pears in 2008 versus 64,000 tons packed in 2007. Cannery demand for California pears may be down as much as 20% from 2007 levels due to a reduced cling peach crop in the state. Tons of pears for other uses may be up with greater frost damage amounts in Lake and Mendocino counties.