Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Pear Fruit

The pear is a sweet fruit that is correlated to the apple. Origin of pear is from Europe and Asia. The first cultivate race were elected from the wild variety in the early ages.

Standard pears are mostly eat raw and taste great in desserts, the small food preparation pears are always cooked and eaten as a vegetable or dessert and quinces are mostly processed to a kind of marmalades.

Pears provide a good resource of fiber, vitamin C & E, copper, and potassium. They are an outstanding source of pectin, which is a water-soluble fiber. Some varieties have more iron content than others do. This can be seen while a cut pear turns brown. If it does not turn brown, it means that the iron contented is very low or non-existent.

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