Pear
Medley
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1½ pounds fully ripe Nova Scotia pears
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1 orange
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1 10 oz can crushed pineapple
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¼ cup finely chopped maraschino cherries
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5 cups sugar
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1 box fruit pectin crystals
Peel and core the pears. Grind pears and orange
or chop very fine. Add pineapple and cherries. Measure 4½ cups of
this fruit mixture into a large saucepan.
Mix pectin with fruit. Place over high
heat and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. At once stir in sugar.
Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and skim off foam with metal spoon. Then stir and skim
for 5 minutes to cool slightly and to prevent floating fruit. Ladle quickly
into hot sterile jars. Seal.
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