Pear preserves

This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2023. Pear pear preserves” and “Pyrus” redirect here. Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October.

Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are valued for their edible fruit and juices, while others are cultivated as trees. The tree is medium-sized and native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of Europe, North Africa, and Asia. Pear wood is one of the preferred materials in the manufacture of high-quality woodwind instruments and furniture. About 3,000 known varieties of pears are grown worldwide, which vary in both shape and taste. The fruit is consumed fresh, canned, as juice, or dried.

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The pear is native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of the Old World, from Western Europe and North Africa east across Asia. Most pears are deciduous, but one or two species in Southeast Asia are evergreen. European pear with an elongated basal portion and a bulbous end. Enclosed within its cellular flesh is the true fruit: five ‘cartilaginous’ carpels, known colloquially as the “core”.

One major difference is that the flesh of pear fruit contains stone cells. Pear cultivation in cool, temperate climates extends to the remotest antiquity, and evidence exists of its use as a food since prehistoric times. Many traces have been found in prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich. The pear was also cultivated by the Romans, who ate the fruits raw or cooked, just like apples. Pliny’s Natural History recommended stewing them with honey and noted three dozen varieties. A certain race of pears, with white down on the undersurface of their leaves, is supposed to have originated from P. Other small-fruited pears, distinguished by their early ripening and apple-like fruit, may be referred to as P.