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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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 Posted - Oct 03 2015 : 09:49:42 AM
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Hi Farmgirls!
Several people I know including my best friend, all have pear trees but the fruit is stony and deformed. It's like little pits everywhere. She won't fool with them, so she let's me have them. I cut them up and take out the hard bits and can them into spiced pears.
I learned about this in a Master Gardening class. What is going on is from insect damage, from early spring. It's likely Japanese Beetle damage. In the fall, those pits form. It's pretty common. Putting peds socks on the fruit in the spring can help.
There's also a virus that is not common here that can cause it.
Either way, the fruit is edible and usable. Just cut the blemishes out.
My best friend calls her pears Franken Pears. I call them delicious when they are canned! 
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 05 2015 : 12:03:18 PM
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Interesting, Nicole. Some of our okra were really hard, couldn't even cut into them. I guess the same would be true to why the okra was so hard.
Thanks for the information.
Marly
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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Oct 08 2015 : 6:48:10 PM
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Hi Marly,
I thought I would pass that info on. I thought it was pretty interesting too.
Oh, wish I could grow okra here! I love okra pickles! I could eat a whole jar on my own!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 09 2015 : 1:01:06 PM
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Nicole, we use most of our okra for gumbos. We planted about fifteen okra plants (from seeds) and harvested lots of okra. I blanched most of it, and froze it for our winter gumbos.
Wish you were closer, I would have brought you some.
Marly
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marthajane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anna
Orlando
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 09 2015 : 2:30:07 PM
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I planted seeds here in pots on first week of April. After transplanting to the ground they started producing edible okra in the first weeks of June!! Surprised me! I didnt know they were so early to bear! I have lots of seeds from them and the one plant left is still producing seeds. Good plant! I grew green spineless Clemson. I see someone on here hasa red okra I want to try next year! Love okra with tomatoes corn and collard greens!
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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Oct 10 2015 : 12:29:18 PM
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Marly, You're so sweet. I wish we lived closer, too. I just know you and I would have so much fun. ;)
Anna, sounds like some good strong plants. Glad you are saving your seeds. I've never heard of the red okra.
Here, we don't even have them in the stores. The only place I have seen them is fried (from frozen) at Cracker Barrel, lol. I grew up eating okra in Texas.
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
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marthajane
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anna
Orlando
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 10 2015 : 1:48:20 PM
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I was 40 before I tried okra! Love it! Its so easy to grow! I kid you not from seed to edible food in 2 months! I dont know why it cant be grown in the hottest months in the north. But I lived in MD and never saw it either.
On the subject of the pears I would say try to pick them while green and let them ripen inside? Maybe (like my okra) too long on the branch ruins the tender produce. My parents have pear trees like that, and thats what we do.
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katmom
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Grace
WACAL Gal
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