### plant part | fruit:

Pear
* All pears are cross pollinated
  - high in fiber and low in sodium
  - have a common ancestry from western China
* Cut in half and core.
* Most pears are ready to eat when they yield slightly to pressure next to the stem.
* Most pears contain food
* Most pears have fleshy leaves
  - vestigial leaves
  - yellow skin
* Some pears grow on hawthorns
  - have pads
  - require pollinators
* also make good salads.
* are a farmer's dream come true
  - good source of natural fiber
  - light dessert
  - unique crop with unique pest management requirements
* are an excellent source of potassium
  - insignificant source of other vitamins
  - best if consumed within a year and safe as long as lids remain vacuum sealed
  - cousins of apples
  - edible fruit
  - fruit trees
  - green
  - located in cans
* are one of the few fruits that ripen more successfully off the tree
  - unique kinds of fruits that ripen best off of the tree
  - oriented stem-down into six feed cups
  - original from Europe and Asia
  - part of pears
  - plants
  - pomes
  - pretty tolerant about soil types, but a sandy loam that drains well is ideal
  - ready for picking when they change from deep green to pale green
* are ready to eat when they are yellow but still firm
  - harvest when their skin feels waxy and the fruit separate easily from the tree
  - relatively easy to grow if varieties are carefully chosen
* are ripe if they yield to slight pressure by a fingertip
  - when they take on a yellow hue and yield to gentle pressure at the stem end
* are ripe when they yield to gentle pressure at the stem end
  - gentle thumb pressure at the neck
  - solids
  - sort of pear-shaped, and watermelons are the size of watermelons
  - the queen of fall fruits
  - very popular, but they are beginning to be over planted
* come in different shapes, sizes and colors.
* contain a mix of fibers
* contain no saturated fats
* do best under medium or low fertility.
* especially are dependent on adequate irrigation.
* give off ethylene gas which accumulates in the bag and promotes ripening.
* grow best in arid climates with well-drained, irrigated soils
  - quickly here and require little or no fertilization
* have a core surrounded by yummy flesh, meaning pears are pomes
  - strong tendency to grow straight up and produce weak scaffolds
  - about twice the fiber as apples and are every bit as appealing
  - an excellent crop potential
  - been picked at many locations, size depends upon thinning and irrigation
  - no sodium
  - wider hips and thighs than shoulders and bust
* help most when mixed with or juiced with apples.
* is edible fruit
* lose moisture rapidly.
* require a moist but well drained soil, avoid poor sandy soils
  - five hives per hectare
* respond to nurture much earlier than most apple varieties.
* tend to be too hard.
+ Fruit, Types of fruits, Hesperidium:

### plant part | fruit | pear:

Anjou
* are pears.
* region of slate quarries.

### plant part | fruit | pear:

Asian pear
* are best when tree ripened
  - often hand-thinned twice during the early growing season
  - relatively new to Arkansas
* are relatively new to Texas and adaptation is still undetermined
  - their adaptation is still undetermined
  - susceptible to fire blight
  - typically very crisp, very juicy, very sweet, and very low acid
  - very crisp and juicy
* have a distinct but pearlike taste and a crisp texture, much like a good apple
  - wonderful sweet taste and a crisp texture
* make up a unique group, really quite unlike either apples or European pears.
* produces a sweet, tart juice.

Bartlett
* are a very healthy fruit to eat.
* hold their shape well for poaching or baking.