Properties / Health
of the Pear

Varieties / Season
of the Pear

Pear Recipes

Pears are recommended in diets for their components: Fiber, very few calories, many vitamins, a large amount of water, folic acid, tannins, and caffeic acid.

Pears contain:
- Vitamins: B, C
- Minerals: Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Calcium, and Copper.
- Others: Folic Acid, Oleic Acids, Palmitic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Caffeic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Aspartic Acid, Ascorbic Acid; Beta carotene; Amino acids: Glycine, Arginine, Isoleucine, Leucine, and Threonine.

It has beneficial properties for:

- Bone growth, tissues, and the nervous system in children.
- Fluid retention problems (diuretic).
- Intestinal transit issues, constipation (great laxative power).
- Hypertension.
- Kidney stones.
- Prostatitis and Cystitis.
- Kidney failure.
- Bladder cancer.
- Uric Acid: it expels it.
- Nervous system.
- Colitis
- Collagen, vision, and defenses.

It is not contraindicated for diabetics, despite containing some sugar.

There are more than 1,500 species of Pears. Each has its ripening period and peculiarities.

The shape varies from round to small or large teardrop.
Its color can be: yellow, light green, red, brown.

The most well-known are:
- Good Christian William’s.
- Doctor Jules Guyot –Limonera.
- Good Louise of Avranches.
- Bartlett.
- Beurre d’Anjou.
- Bosc.
- Comice.
- Blanca de Aranjuez- Blanquilla.
- Conference.
- From Rome.
- San Juan Pear.
- Enculina.
- Magallona.
- Puigcerdá Pear.

When buying them, one should check for bruises, and they should not be too green or too ripe.

Once at home, they should be removed from plastic bags and placed in a fruit bowl in cool, dry places protected from light, or in the refrigerator, but in the spot that is least cold. The pear will last 3 to 4 days at most, in good condition.

It is a juicy and refreshing fruit, sweet and flavorful. We should all consume them, as their properties are advisable and necessary for all ages.

If you decide to eat the skin, it should be washed very well to completely remove any pesticides and chemicals applied to the trees.