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  • From: Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Wild(?) pear question
  • Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:26:57 -0700 (PDT)

Jim,
    a description of the tree would also be in order. However, based on your description of the fruit, it sounds like p. calleryana(which is usually, but not always, very thorny. Bradford, for example, is not thorny). Some folks here(I have heard) make jelly from them. However, they are so astringent that most folks won't even try. I have never eaten any jelly from them, but the fruits will certainly turn your mouth inside out!
                                       Richard

--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net> wrote:

From: Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Wild(?) pear question
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 8:23 AM

    A neighbor has a pear tree that bears copious amounts of spherical
fruits that are slightly smaller than a golf ball.  He says they are
extremely sour and the tree is what came up from the roots after the
above-the-graft pear died.  He asked what can be done with the fruits.  Are
they edible?  How?  Do you know?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)

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