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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> This is the first year that my Asian Pear has produced and it was a 
> bumper crop!  Now I am trying to find a way to use them and to save 
> the wonderful taste to enjoy throughout the winter.  Has anyone had 
> eperience with cooking, freezing, canning them?


Congratulations!

I can't help you with recipes, but one of the reasons I planted Asian 
pears was because they're supposed to keep so well. I suppose it depends 
on the variety, but I've heard they'll keep for months in the 
refrigerator vegetable crisper (or, probably, in plastic bags in the 
regular section of the refrigerator). That's assuming you have the room, 
of course.

I can't say from personal experience. This was my first year with fruit, 
too, but I got four pears off one tree (not quite ripe yet) and one off 
another. Not exactly anything needing storage! :-)

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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