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.
- Problems with fluid retention (diuretic).
- Intestinal transit issues, constipation (strong laxative power).
- Hypertension.
- Kidney stones.
- Prostatitis and Cystitis.
- Kidney failure.
- Bladder cancer.
- Uric acid: 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 of them has its ripening period and peculiarities.

The shapes range from round to small or large teardrop shapes.
Its colors can be: yellow, light green, red, brown.

The best-known varieties 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.
- Saint John Pear.
- Enculina.
- Magallona.
- Puigcerdá Pear.

When buying them, one should check that they are not bruised and they should neither be too green nor 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 alternatively in the refrigerator, but in the least cold spot. 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 because, given their properties, they are advisable and necessary for all ages.

If one chooses to eat the skin, it should be washed very well to completely remove any insecticides and chemicals used on the trees.