Kieffer – Pears In Preserves
Q: I am trying to find the type of pear my Mom used in making pear preserves The pears would be ripe, but rock hard and a very pale green/yellowish color covered with brown specks.
A: I feel confident your mother was canning ‘Kieffer’ pears. These pears have a certain grittiness to the flesh that helps them hold their shape during processing. The fruit is enjoyed by cows and mules but cooking is the only thing that makes it palatable to humans.
TAGS:
-
Advertisement
-
Follow Walter
-
Advertisement
-
-
July calendar
Flowers are starting to fade, so remove faded flowers and the stems that hold them. Summer...
Get The Checklist
-
-
-
name that plant
Post your puzzlers and help others with theirs.
Start Here
-
-
Trending Posts
-
1
Sassafras – Hard to Control Root Sprouts
-
2
Lamb’s Ear (Rose Campion, Artemisia) – Diseased
-
3
Pine straw – Weed control
-
4
Bermuda – Disease – Dollar Spot
-
5
Roses – Black Spot Disease
-
1
Geranium – Rooting Cuttings
-
2
How To Reproduce Pink Flowers On My Red Azalea
-
3
Currants – Growing
-
4
Gardenia – Seed Pod
-
5
Jelly Bean Plant
-
-
Walter’s Bookshelf
Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors.
View books -
Popular topics
Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pots Oak Pine Pruning Mulch Watering Container Maple Compost Birds Herbicide Tomatoes Azalea Moisture Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Caterpillar Pests Cherry Roundup Irrigation Pre-Emergent Pesticide Stone Dogwood Peach Spider Pine Straw Magnolia Greenhouse Squash Squirrels Beans Lemon Travel Poisonous